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A frustrated Kenyan reaction to the high cost of living that has hit many households.[Getty Images]
Kenyans have been treated to strange happenings as politicians threaten the sense of national harmony. They looked satisfied that they had shown critics how tough they are. Their perceived self-satisfaction has, however, backfired and made them appear ridiculous.
It backfired because they appeared to be proudly inciting ethnic hostility as part of a political power play. The tragedy has been that leading personalities have seemed to enjoy the incitement, putting a big blot on President William Ruto’s image.
Ruto has serious image problems that he does not know how to handle. After successfully hosting Frenchman Emanuel Macron in the Africa Forward Summit that briefly attracted over 30 African heads of state and government, he spoiled his image in two ways. First, his government hiked fuel prices, and he zoomed off to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan using an expensive private jet from an Arab country.
