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May political leaders who have let Kenyans down suffer Sisamnes' fate

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Ballot boxes and other election materials at Moi Secondary School in Nakuru on March 2, 2021, during the London Ward by-election. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The August 9 elections present us with yet another succession period.

As the campaign season comes to an end, we are left with the echoes of the voices of retiring leaders fronting and seconding their favourite candidates, beseeching us to vote them in. And while it is safe to say that most voters have made their minds, we still have to wonder what the incumbent leaders see in their potential successors.

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