×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Smart Minds Choose Us
★★★★ - on Play Store
Read on the App

Lions should not underrate foxes

By Dominic Odipo

Readers of this column will be familiar with our categorisation of successful political leaders into two main groups; the lions and the foxes. This distinction was very clearly captured by Michael Maccoby in is book, The Gamesman, published in the United States at the end of the 1970s.

Get Full Access for Ksh299/Week
Fact‑first reporting that puts you at the heart of the newsroom. Subscribe for full access.
  • Unlimited access to all premium content
  • Uninterrupted ad-free browsing experience
  • Mobile-optimized reading experience
  • Weekly Newsletters
  • MPesa, Airtel Money and Cards accepted
Already a subscriber? Log in