Let's beware of the Kenyan narcissist in our democracy

Present William Ruto in Bungoma County where he warned his critics that he will not allow to be blackmailed and intimidated and vowed not to be blackmailed to abandon fulfilling his development manifesto he pledged to Kenyans. [Juliet Omelo, Standard]

Listening to President William Ruto criticising his former deputy, although he didn't call him by name the other day, reminded me of a discussion I had had with some colleagues in our editorial office at the Platform Magazine.

We were trying to identify a Kenyan narcissist and why such is a threat to our democracy as flawed as it is. Their personalities are constructed on projecting an image entirely disconnected from reality. Theirs is a make-believe world. They are notorious for condemning others for the very behaviours they themselves engage in.