The battle between truth and lies isn't decided by which is loudest

President William Ruto addresses residents of Maua in Meru county after laying the foundation stone for the construction of the Huduma Centre, on April 2, 2025. [PCS]

Politics in Kenya has morphed into an exhausting spectacle- loud, chaotic, and strikingly devoid of substance. What we experience is not leadership but theatre; not governance but noise. It is low-level politics played at high degrees-a disheartening performance where volume has replaced vision, and theatrics have substituted for thoughtful service. To engage with it deeply, without discernment, is to risk intellectual and moral contamination. Prolonged exposure normalises the absurd.

The antidote? A healthy dose of high-level politics played at level-headed degrees-the kind practiced in Botswana, Germany, and other nations where public service is not a stage for personal drama but a disciplined duty, where leadership is judged not by charisma but by competence. Without this external moral grounding, Kenya's political noise will pull even the best minds down into its spiral, where shouting passes for debate, and deception is celebrated as strategy.