Kenya’s curse: Politics that generates more heat than light

President Jomo Kenyatta chairs the Cabinet at his Gatundu home following the murder of Tom Mboya, July 1969. [File, Standard]

Who killed Tom Mboya and why? What about JM Kariuki? Who killed Robert Ouko? Were these State-sponsored murders or not? Was there closure? Will we have closure? The truth is these deaths became inflexion points in our history.

Was land for resettling Mau Mau taken, by who? What about the Goldenberg scandal and the 1988 All Africa Games scandal? Did we have complete closure? The Rainbow campaign of 2002 was premised on slaying the dragon of corruption. Was the Kanu regime the most corrupt and most murderous of governments as it was made to look? Were the culprits nailed? Did President Mwai Kibaki perform exceedingly well or is it because the administrations before him and the one after has performed woefully?