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Uhuru stuck in 4-way junction and choices have consequences

Let us acknowledge it would be scandalous today to liken President Uhuru Kenyatta to the hare caught up in the headlights. Give it to the man, at least we are seeing some action in the fight against corruption. A Cabinet Secretary cannot be hounded, summoned or forced to record statements by State investigators without the president’s knowledge. And as you know, some CSs’ files have been forwarded to the prosecutors ready for court.

That said, we can then with justification argue it would not be unfair to liken him to that driver who has stopped at a four-way junction and is unsure which turn to take; does he turn left or right, drive on or turn back? Choices as we were told by Johnnie Carson, have consequences. What he forgot to warn us about was how far apart the decision and consequence were.

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