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Big Man syndrome: Is it back to the bad past?

There are misgivings about the end of the Big Man’s syndrome in Africa. Whereas the ignominious African political culture seems to be eradicated in some parts of Africa as can be seen recently in West African countries like Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Gambia, Bukina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire, the story in Eastern Africa is quite different. There are those who think that the region, including Kenya, bears the new frontier of the Big Man in Africa.

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