A better take at Huduma Namba is not short-term fix for Kenyans

When former President Uhuru Kenyatta and first lady Margaret displayed their Hudma Cards. [File, Standard]

My humble take on last year's elections is that the smarter team won. Period. We can then argue long into the night about whether or nor Kenya Kwanza is the better team. We may scream and shout until kingdom come about IEBC's general competence (if they were sitting the KCSE exam, they get a C+; there are definitely systemic challenges in the house, but it's a passing grade).

C+ indicates significant room, and potential, for improvement. It's not about how many times Raila Odinga shouts and William Ruto shouts back. It's about our constitutional quest to create credible and sustainable institutions. And this is why I will repeatedly classify IEBC as an economic risk to this country. Our main trouble is that our politicos prefer not to de-risk it. So we would still have issues if Jesus was IEBC Chair.