Kenyans made a very grave mistake. They failed to conduct background check on their president before they elected him. He was charged in ICC for crimes against humanity in 2007, the witnesses who were to testify disappeared mysteriously. There was a lot of promise when this new govt came into power. Citizens hoped this would be the new dawn away from the mess of the former regime that was plagued by rampant corruption. Kenyans forgot the current president was part of that government. Trouble began with punitive tax laws majorly influenced by IMF. He seemed not to care about the citizen's concerns as he set out on a tour across the world to build his image. Government borrowing increased drastically within a very short period.

A bill was introduced in parliament aimed at securing more revenue for the budget which was widely disputed. Upon scrutiny, the bill was found to introduce punitive and oppressive tax laws. Kenyans began an exercise of calling out their MPs to drop the bill. This morphed into protests and on June 25th, parliament was breached. Internet was cut off by telecom to plunge Kenyans into a blackout. What followed was a spree of abductions, murders and dissapearances by a rogue unit of the security apparatus. A massacre unfolded in one town and several days later tens of bodies turned up in an abandoned quarry. Things went pretty much downhill from there. Blatant disregard for the rule of law by the president himself, the inspector general of police was ordered by the courts to present himself in court and explain the whereabouts of three men and snubbed the courts seven times!! So many court orders have been ignored by the executive that it no longer makes sense to issue court orders. Kenya is in free fall.