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2020 IN SCOPE: HOW SONKO ENDED HIS POLITICAL CAREER

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  I still maintain that Mike Sonko killed his own career and not the so-called “deep state” that has become part and parcel of our politics. The reasons are two-fold, one is his own personality and two is the Nairobi Metropolitan Services. Sonko is a man any ordinary person can relate to. He came from extreme poverty to make a fortune whatever the means and still make a name and a brand in politics. He was the only candidate to get more votes in 2013 and 2017 outside the two major presidential candidates, a record no other candidate has ever managed to beat until 2022. However, what makes him great is also his major Achilles heel. His trust issues saw him record phone calls and even put his superiors like the president on a full speaker at one time in a bid to stop demolitions. His bellicose nature has seen him engage in dramatic activities in the past like punching walls, insulting his opponents, and even engage in a fistfight with his predecessor Evans Kidero when he was on a...

2020 IN SCOPE: WHEN GIANTS FELL AND THE SYSTEMS REGAINED CONTROL

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  Looking back at January 2020 to now where we are less than six days into the New Year, many will find that this year was the moment where giants were felled and political systems took back control after being temporarily knocked out. The USA and Kenya provide good examples for this post. Donald Trump is finally on his way out despite his futile lawsuits trying to reverse the fact that the system he had outsmarted in 2016 had finally returned him the favor. The methods were dirty and unworthy but whoever said that in politics exists angels? Joe Biden is expected to be the 46 th POTUS on January 20 th while Trump retires to Mar-a-Lago to run his businesses. Many people will be in for a rude shock if they think that Biden will prosecute Trump for his supposed crimes because you can bet with your last coins that it will never happen. For all his faults, Trump managed to placate the “deep state” and as such, he is assured of an event-free retirement. Things will still be the same ...