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It did not come as a big surprise when President Uhuru Kenyatta skipped the much-publicised televised presidential debate on Monday, but Kenyans were disappointed nonetheless. Jubilee’s Secretary General Raphael Tuju had earlier informed the public the Mr Kenyatta would not be in attendance at the debate initially planned for July 10 but later pushed to July 24 to allow organisers time to address issues raised over the format of the debate and to await a court ruling on a case lodged by presidential aspirant Abduba Dida.
Organisers of the presidential debate (drawn mainly from local media houses) had split it into two groups; Michael Wainaina, Ekuru Aukot, Dr Japheth Kaluyu, Cyrus Jirongo, Abduba Dida and Joseph Nyaga were in the first group. The top two contenders; President Uhuru Kenyatta and Raila Odinga would meet in the second group. But then, things didn’t go according to plan.
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