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Our ruling elites have broken our political market

President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at State House, in Mombasa, on February 24, 2025. [PCS]

The political realignments we have witnessed over the last several months are a reminder that the vast majority of Kenyan politicians are really bad at politics.

For the sake of argument, let us consider politics to be about organising disparate interests to achieve specific policy objectives while also retaining power.

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