Right from start our city of lights will keep waning

Senator Johnson Sakaja arrives for Nairobi County gubernatorial debate at CUEA on July 11, 2022. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja arrived for the governors’ debate 20 minutes late, and, he said, this was in large part due to his magnanimity. He wanted to allow his competitor, Polycarp Igathe, a “head-start since he is “used to getting it from the State.”

Such acts of generosity are rare in politics, though Sakaja did not clarify if his nomination to Parliament by The National Alliance, which he chaired for years, constitutes a State “head-start.”