Mashujaa Day: Parliamentary debates are boring and MPs engage in hollow discussions

Occasionally, one catches flashes of brilliance on the floor of Parliament, especially in the Senate, where battle-scarred political generals and masters of rhetoric tango in a game of wits.

But by and large, it can be said without fear of contradiction that with the exception of Siaya Senator James Orengo, Uhuru Kenyatta (when he is in his element) and a few young waheshiwa, today’s politicians cannot hold a candle to the men of yore who held audiences spellbound - both in Parliament and at public rallies - with the brilliance of their debates and public speeches.