We have lowered the bar for public appointments

A constitution dummy on display during the swearing-in ceremony of President William Ruto at Kasarani. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

The phrase 'freedom has come' is taking worrying trajectories.

While it was used during the campaigns by the Kenya Kwanza coalition to pass on the message that the country will be freed from persecution and from debilitating poverty, it has become a phrase to 'free' people facing serious integrity questions.