The Blame Game: Who failed Uhuru Kenyatta?

Police officers ejecting Murang'a senator Irungu Kang'ata, after chaos erupted in Juja By-election at Mang'u High School tallying center on 18 May, 2021. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

A series of legal and political blunders by the ruling Jubilee administration have put President Uhuru Kenyatta’s advisors in a tight spot.

The president has taken a beating lately, with recent loses in by-elections held across the country and a string of setbacks from the courts, a factor that put in sharp focus Attorney General Paul Kihara, the government’s legal advisor.