Government criticism over Rironi-Mau Summit road project insincere

Vehicles at Mau Summit area on the Nakuru– Eldoret Highway. [File, Standard]

Former President Mwai Kibaki often posed, with characteristic sarcasm, the question of why certain Kenyans had discovered newfound wisdom. He asked how “they had suddenly become too clever.” He may well have been referring to those who disparage genuine efforts to address national challenges merely to advance their own political ambitions.