If there's incompetence in Government, the buck stops at Ruto's desk in State House

In leadership, as in management and sports, you do not change a winning side. Chancy experiments can be costly. Put differently, Americans  say, “If it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.”

One of President William Ruto’s biggest headaches remains the need to fix his government. Two and a half years down the line, he is still experimenting with finding an astute formula for a competent government that also ticks all other correct boxes.  The other boxes include ethnic balance, cronyism and personal loyalties, as well as commercial and business interests. Accordingly, Cabinet reshuffles and changes in Principal Secretary portfolios are the pesky order of the presidential day. They now include weaving in elements of the Opposition, complete with their captain, in a mangy dog formation. 

Way ahead of last July’s dismissal of the entire Cabinet in the wake of Gen-Z uprisings, President Ruto raised the red flag...