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Recalling clumsy MPs is all smoke and no fire

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon, together with IEBC Commissioners, during a media briefing at PrideInn Paradise - Shanzu in Mombasa County on July 19, 2025, where he gave an update on the Commission's priority areas. [Robert Menza, Standard]

The talk about recalling non-performing MPs is a classic case of becoming suddenly very clever.

The phrase ‘suddenly very clever’ was coined by former President Mwai Kibaki to mock nonstarters who mess up big time, then feign innocence. That’s what we’ve become.

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