Mr President, we need more than swagger in anti-graft campaign

Rarely have we seen this, an all-out come-back-from-behind assault by an embattled president, showing all the fury and rage that corruption-weary Kenyans have long wanted to see. It is surreal  watching this rapid metamorphosis of a president from the wobbling lame duck he has been   to now a ferocious bulldog ready to  combat the big boys and girls of graft. What to make of all this though is the hard part. How do you tell political theatre from the real thing, somebody?

Either this is classic showmanship by the president which only deserves our cynicism or - at last - the man from Gatundu has seen the light and resolved to turn the screws on the scumbags who have been the bane of our lives. And this is precisely the problem. When it comes to the burning subject of corruption, the president should never keep people guessing about where he stands. Not now, not ever.