Integrity seldom a factor in the election of leaders in Kenya

The overwhelming vote in favour of Ferdinand Waititu in the Kabete JAP nominations affirms my view about Kenyan public attitude towards the integrity of political leaders.

First and for the record, the media has been wrong in portraying Waititu as having been declared unfit to hold public office by the courts. When the matter of his integrity was raised after his appointment as chair of the Athi Water Services Board, the court refused to descend into the arena of determining Waititu’s integrity.