Cherargei: A lawyer by training, but every inch a loyalist in practice

Senator Cherargei called for a comprehensive audit by the Auditor General on all public resources allocated to Kenyatta.[File,Standard]

Some Kenyan politicians wear their professional credentials the way a peacock wears its feathers; not to demonstrate competence, but to attract attention and intimidate those who question them.

Nandi County Senator Samson Cherargei is a lawyer by training, something he has never been shy about broadcasting. Yet when one measures that training against his legislative record, a gap emerges between the training and the conduct. A lawyer who consistently proposes legislation that runs headlong into the Constitution cannot be seen as demonstrating legal acumen. He is, instead, demonstrating political subservience.