Inside Uhuru Kenyatta's last lap at State House

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema greets Azimio la Umoja presidential candidate Raila Odinga during the State Banquet as President Uhuru Kenyatta looks on. [File, Standard]

With just under two months left to the August 9 General Election, President Uhuru Kenyatta is now most clearly in the twilight days of his regime.

In a few weeks’ time, he will be referred to as “former president,” or “retired president.” His tenure will henceforth assume the various forms of the past tense, as his performance is recalled only in comparison to those before and after him. 

In spite of this, Kenya’s fourth president does not seem to show any signs of one who is set to leave the arena. Kenya Kwanza leaders, and especially ANC chief, Musalia Mudavadi, have increasingly spoken of President Uhuru as a lame-duck leader, with his great days now behind him.