President Uhuru's decision caught CORD flatfooted, again

Kenya: The word ‘flat-footed’ originates from a disease called Pes planus or fallen arch, which flattens the arch of the foot and causes an imbalance of forces important to the biomechanics of motion and balance of weight on the human feet during motion. This term is also widely used in sports.

In football, when a player is caught flat-footed, s/he is unable to stretch out to reach for the freely moving ball or when dribbled by an opponent. In the flatfoot position, a player is not ready to tackle an opponent or receive a pass. It may be due to loss of concentration, poor posture or deliberate challenge plotted by the opponent. At all times, a player is expected to be on toes, moving about to avoid being caught in this position hard to recover from, in time to make a save or dispossess an opponent of the ball. Enough of football, now let’s talk politics.