Former CJ should hold his peace if he doesn't plan to vote

Former Chief Justice of Kenya Willy Mutunga during an interview with The Standard in Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Retired Chief Justice Willy Mutunga is an elder in this country. His word is taken seriously by many Kenyans. So, when he speaks and says that neither William Ruto nor Raila Odinga have an answer for Kenya’s problems some Kenyans will take him seriously. And that is fine. But why dismiss the two leading candidates without offering a firm alternative?

Dr Mutunga repeats in the interview that he would have preferred Kivutha Kibwana but the governor of Makueni County declined to run for president. Mutunga himself chickened out – he says he didn’t have the energy for the campaigns.