Mithika Linturi's fate in face of 'scapegoat epidemic'

Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi when he appeared before the National Assembly Agriculture Committee over the fake Fertilizer at Parliament on April 8, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

Numerous scandals have hit Kenya. But when blame games become the norm rather than the exception, it helps to heed prominent author Charles Henry Scherf's counsel.

Mr Scherf warns that leaders who shift blame can never think straight. True leaders don't run away from responsibility, they embrace it and face the attendant consequences.