Just when we thought governance was about to begin, politics gathers pace

President William Ruto visits his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta, at his family home in Gatundu on Monday, December 9, 2024. [PCS]

It's hardly been a fortnight, but the lofty words we imbibed from the recent State of the Nation address about "listening and learning" already seem long forgotten in the minds of this Kenya Kwanza administration turned "broad-based government".

Now we are told that Kenyans who railed against the Adani deals are not patriots but traitors in all but name. Remember, the term traitor first surfaced on June 25, during the Gen Z-led Finance Bill protests.