Elect president based on merit, not ethnicity

The idea of a rotational presidency has been in the works for a while. First, it was a light subject for public discourse after the contested presidential outcome in 2013. But the debate did not end there.

In fact, there is a Bill in Parliament on rotational presidency. So it was no surprise when President Uhuru Kenyatta pronounced himself on the possibility of flipping the dynasty narrative – power resting on two families – into a wider problem and propose a presidency outside the two tribes - Kikuyu and Kalenjin - who have held the coveted seat since independence.