Do away with unrealistic swearing-in promises and offer real leadership

Leader of Majority in the National Assembly Aden Duale is, generally, a man with the fabled gift of the gaffe. Whenever the Garissa Town MP opens his mouth, and this happens with the frequency of days in a calendar year, the Opposition and most other apolitical Kenyans are always assured of irritation. Mr Duale is not known to placate those he considers opponents, nay, competitors, in his politics.

But recently, Duale said something that was out of character. And had it not been the seriousness on his face when he uttered the words, many would have been forgiven to read sarcasm in what he was saying. In fact, those with telescopic political eyes are debating whether or not Duale and the political grouping he is allied to have begun new alignments for 2022 and after.