“The visit to China by President Uhuru Kenyatta has opened a debate on whether it’s time Kenya turned East,” read an article titled ‘China to fasten her economic growth’. The President signed deals worth billions of shillings, mostly targeting infrastructure projects from rails to highways. Most columnists and opinion makers seem convinced that looking East is the way to go. The argument seems very convincing if you have experienced the Thika super-highway or ever visited China.

The political gerry-mandering between the Jubilee Coalition and CORD did not end with the Supreme Court verdict. It appears there were few loose ends, particularly the electoral process. CORD now wants an electoral college to elect the President. This is purely an American system.