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Why Uhuru is a victim of the tyranny of democracy

President Uhuru Kenyatta. [Samson Wire, Standard]

President Uhuru Kenyatta is under siege. He is a victim of a tyrant Constitution.

If, for instance, he cannot sack his deputy and if he has no direct right of appointment of key State officials and judges, then he has most of his powers donated, shared and scattered. Uhuru, therefore, is the only president who has been able to implement and domesticate the 2010 Constitution more effectively through great tribulations, trials and temptations.

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