Sideshows are masking Kenya's real problems

Azimio leader Raila Odinga and President William Ruto. [File, Standard]

This is one of the most difficult times in Kenya's history. The country is wracked by all manner of challenges. People are starving in many parts of this country as drought, which has persisted for up to three years in the Horn of Africa region, continues to bite.

Water and food are becoming rare commodities. There are reports of malnourished children on the verge of death in northern Kenya. The ground has been rendered bare by the scorching sun and the landscape in the drought-stricken areas is dotted with skeletons of livestock and wild animals that have starved to death.