People. Governments. Nations

Palestinians protest against US move its embassy to Jerusalem US moves its embassy to Jerusalem… For some time, the world was deluded that Trump wasn’t that bad. We are now beginning to see the primary Trump colours. The Middle East peace process has been undermined greatly in the last few days. It will take many days to cool down the situation there. Read together with withdrawal from Iran nuke deal, we have a fiasco. The fact that EU is hold on the deal, US will likely look bad and a spoiler, especially now that Pyongyang appears to back off from the Korean summit. A dam breaks apart in Solai, Nakuru and deaths follow… What a tragedy. Rain should be life giving. It is a pity that Kenyans can suffer to the extent of losing lives. There is trauma and defeat in many areas of Kenya, in highlands and lowlands. The Solai case, reading from the landscape, was a tragedy in waiting. Government has a duty to ensure safety of all citizens at all times.

To review or not to review….                                                    This question regarding the Kenyan constitution has come into the public debate. It appears like the tagline “Not yet Uhuru” remains with us. Of course there is nothing wrong with intent to review the constitution. We can make better arrangements any time. We can make better laws anytime. Humanity must make its tools better with passage of time. Definitely the constitution of 2010 is now ripe for putting up there against its achievements and to evaluate successes and failures of it.  Most constitutional reviews begin at the intersection of law and politics.  As we have seen so far, politicians are at the forefront calling for an expanded  executive as well as creating other additional structures within the constitution. Considering that the document itself took many years to complete,  I reasonable expect that quite an amount of time will go by before  any changes are accepted a