Watch out for disgruntled, insincere aspirants running as independent candidates

The obsession by Kenyans that electing new people to positions of leadership will automatically result in better governance is a fallacy. A new person must be thoroughly assessed to find out whether his/her track record can count for anything.

The scepticism about this clarion call is because every year, the country elects new MPs but they end up being worse than their predecessors. Could this be pointing to a serious leadership problem? When one dismisses the whole lot of experienced leaders on the basis of having been in the positions for long, it is hypocritical. Some of the accused individuals have not had a real opportunity to prove themselves.