We have the choice to determine the type of country we want

It seems a long time ago now when world leaders were streaming into Kenya. Our airports were full of tourists, from your average Joe coming to see Simba, to the leader of the free world. Indeed from Barack Obama to the Pope, the last four years was a period of genuine international pride. Kenya was not only a glimmer of hope and progress in East Africa; we had become the beacon of light for an entire continent.

The recent debacle surrounding the elections, at least superficially, has cast a shadow on what was genuine progress. Kenya, however, has an opportunity to put that genie back in the bottle, and place Kenya back on that international pedestal. To do this though, is to ask what type of Kenya we want to be?