Wrangles lowering leadership status

NAIROBI: One of the defining attributes of leadership in Kenya today is intolerance. This intolerance is exhibited right from the highest office in the land to the lowest; the result of which is polarisation of the country along political party lines.

The Mombasa County Assembly last week degenerated into fisticuffs after members of county assembly from across the political divide failed to agree on a motion aimed at impeaching Speaker Thadius Rajwayi. It did not help matters when leaders, who know the importance attached to the mace as a symbol of authority, proceeded to break it.