Kenyan dirty politics: The 'Lord of poverty' versus The 'High Priest of corruption'

The sugar deal that was supposedly entered by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Ugandan counterpart President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is plunging the politicians into head spins as they try to outdo each other from the scene through vernomous verbal exchanges.

The latest episode that has captured my attention is the spat between the Deputy President Wlliam Ruto and the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga. This actually happened after the latter led a strategy meeting with members of the opposition over the weekend where he referred to Ruto as the ‘High priest of corruption in Kenya’, a slur that generated heat and weight in equal measure in Jubilee coalition.