Analysis: The gaps in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Madaraka Day speech

President Uhuru Kenyatta addresses the Nation during the 58th Madraka Day celebrations at Jomo Kenyatta International Stadium in Kisumu on June 1, 2021. (Collins Oduor, Standard)

Half-truths and outright mendacity characterised President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Madaraka Day speech last week.

Still, the eloquent sophistry of his claim about the burden of choice between doing the right thing and counting the cost of those decisions has not been interrogated.