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President Ruto dons KDF Jungle uniform as he presides over KDF Day at Moi Baracks in Eldoret on October 14, 2025. [PCS]
In Kenya’s vibrant forums and heated discussions, a troubling sentiment emerges; the yearning for a benevolent dictator to vanquish corruption, underdevelopment, and injustice. I contend that this is a perilous illusion — a slippery slope into an irretractable abyss.
Benevolent dictatorship lacks inherent accountability or self-limiting mechanisms. Its broad latitude, meant for good, inevitably spawns new injustices, corruption, and stagnation, clashing irreconcilably with Kenya’s 2010 Constitution.
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