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Parties owe us competent leaders for governorship

Council of Governors Chair Martin Wambora alongside other Governors Cornel Rasanga (Siaya), Kiraitu Murungi (Meru), Lee Kinyanjui (Nakuru) and Samuel Tunai (Narok) on December 20 2021. [David Njaaga, Standard]

In both 2013 and 2017, party politics – especially with an eye on the presidency – drowned out any strategic thinking regarding the management of our counties as tools of economic development.

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