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Sad state of our democracy and what can be done to revitalise it

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A woman protests in Kibra on August 15, 2022, soon after the declaration of presidential election results by IEBC. [Collins Kweyu, Standard]

The democratic model of governance today rules supreme. But governments claiming to be democratic face a near universal condemnation.

They have profoundly departed from their imaginative undertaking. With all pointers of citizen trust in political leaders and institutions displaying widespread turbulence, it is safe to declare a mayday. This malady of our time is characterised by copious voter lethargy and citizen indifference to political matters.

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