Kenya Kwanza's only path to restoring legitimacy

President William Ruto shares a light moment with Kenya Kwanza members of Parliament during the party's Parliamentary Group Meeting at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

Governing a country of more than 50 million is hard work. The bulk of the job requires doing mostly boring maintenance tasks to ensure specific government functions are carried out effectively - like doing school inspections, certifying food producers, or ensuring health centres get their medicine supplies on time.

As if that is not enough, there is always the challenge of being confronted with demands for reforms to make things better. And to top it all, crises always arise that require their own forms of specialised attention.