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Our main undoing is the curse of leadership

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto at a past campaign rally in 2017. [File, Standard]

Fellow Kenyans, we are deep in a hole, yet we keep on digging. Picture this: The Executive is at war with itself, the President is set apart from his Deputy as far apart as North is from South; Cabinet secretaries owe their allegiance to either of them.
 

The Judiciary is at loggerheads with the Legislature, ditto the Executive. Chief Justice David Maraga’s advisory to President Uhuru Kenyatta to dissolve Parliament is the clearest indicator of a dearth of synergy between the three government arms.
 

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