Uhuru deserves kudos; he has made his mark

President Uhuru Kenyatta when he cast his ballot in the 2022 General Election. [PSCU, Standard]

Outgoing presidents are usually pilloried and even publicly humiliated. They are accused of all manner of ills by an angry public dissatisfied with their perfomance - their anger driven up a notch by divisive succession politics.

To President Daniel arap Moi, the public sang yote yawezekana bila Moi as he prepared to leave State House for his Kabarak home in December 2002. In the case of Mwai Kibaki, there was a collective sigh of relief when he left State House from an exasperated public that felt money had dwindled in their pockets after he tightened the management of the public purse.