Uhuru’s repeat poll blunder he may never recover from

President-elect Uhuru Kenyatta. (Photo: Courtesy)

Uhuru Kenyatta will rue the day he decided – come rain or high water – that the IEBC had to conduct the repeat election on October 26. For him, and for Kenya, that day will live in infamy.

Except for two days in a person’s life – the day one is born and the day of death – fewer days have been more consequential. That’s because Mr Kenyatta drew a line in the sand. He gambled and lost big. He made an epic blunder from which he won’t recover no matter what he does from here. His tenure at the top of the state – and his legacy – have been irredeemably shattered. I don’t know who thinks for, and advises, Mr Kenyatta.