Kenya Moja, Kalonzo and their one-leg dance

A group of youthful legislators under the banner Kenya Moja, led by Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna (centre) flanked by Bomachoge Borabu MP Obadia Barongo (from left) Clive Gisairo (Kitutu Masaba) Tonny Kibagendi (Kitutu Chache South) and Wilber Oundo (Funyula) address a press conference. [[Elvis Ogina, Standard]

In December 2019, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison took a family holiday to Hawaii. The premier was on vacation while his country battled bushfires.

Scores died in his absence, and his ‘missing in action’ occasioned a leadership void in times of crisis. The Kenyan version of Mr Morrison is one Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka. When someone needed a veteran Opposition leader to hold the government to account, he was nowhere to be found.