President William Ruto addresses rally at Bungoma bus terminus on January 24, 2025. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] As we edge closer to the 2027 General Election, one truth is becoming increasingly clear: this will not just be a battle of manifestos or even personalities. It will be a contest between President William Ruto and a relentless tide of fake news, which threatens not just his presidency, but the integrity of our democratic discourse. President Ruto has rolled out several transformative initiatives aimed at improving the lives of ordinary Kenyans. Investments in agriculture, digital economy, and infrastructure demonstrate this administration is not merely about rhetoric — it’s…
Author: By Mohamed Tache Dida
President William Ruto congratulates newly appointed Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku after he took oath of office at State House, Nairobi. [PSC, Standard] Kenya is in the grip of an insidious plague corroding the very foundations of our public institutions. This plague is the erosion of integrity – a value fundamental to effective governance – and it spares no one. It has seeped from the halls of Parliament to the corridors of county offices, tainting elected leaders and appointed officials alike. Moral decay now pervades our government, as widespread as it is alarming, and it is eating away at the…