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How 'social vetting' can effectively shape the race to lead counties

Kenya's Parliament building (Photo: Courtesy)

There is nothing as frightening for most politicians as digging into their past to expose their transgressions, especially on integrity.

A majority of the highly moneyed Kenyan men and women seeking elective public offices happen to have acquired wealth whose source is not clear. And they would rather nobody examined their integrity records.

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