Can Americans make history by electing first female president?

SHA fiasco • Since the hurried transition from NHIF to SHIF/SHA has become so problematic, why can’t Kenyans form their own Patriots Health Insurance Fund? asks Kamau Kaniaru. “He’s calling upon the experts in health research and economics, actuarial science, insurance, ICT and epidemiology to step forward. They can insure themselves as they do in the cooperatives.” His contact is [email protected].

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Bribe taking • Every morning, Godfrey Gikonyo reports, police officers set up their own “toll collection station” near the National Oil petrol station in Muchatha on the Nairobi-Limuru road. “They demand money from all the matatus. After 9am, they shift to Banana on Kiambu road, just a few metres from Kanunga High School, further tarnishing the police service’s image.” His contact is [email protected].

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Poll lesson • The grace and civility with which outgoing Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi conceded defeat in elections was a “rare feat in Africa and truly refreshing”, remarks Kabaru Ndegwa. He wishes Kenyan politicians, including AU Commission chair candidate Raila Odinga, “who has never accepted a single electoral loss, could learn something from that”. His contact is [email protected].

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US election • Today, Americans go to the polls to make a difficult choice between Republican candidate Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party. “Both have campaigned in the swing states of Michigan and Florida. Trump has served before. Can the septuagenarian clinch victory? Or will Harris become the first black female US president?“ His contact is [email protected].

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Easy choice • Between the clownish Republican candidate Donald Trump and the solid lawyer and politician that is Vice-President Kamala Harris, Dave Tumbula says, the Americans, who go to the polls today, have what looks like a really easy choice. “Trump was there before and didn’t perform so well as President. Why not try Kamala and make history by electing the first female United States president?” Have a historic day, won’t you!