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Kenyans are pawns in a political chess game

The collection of over 5 million signatures to support BBI's proposed referendum for constitutional change is impressive; until one remembers that besieged Nairobi County Governor Mike Sonko, and his impeached Kiambu counterpart Ferdinand Waititu were voted in by a similar groundswell. 

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