UDA Party presidential candidate and Deputy President William Ruto during the Presidential Debate at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa on July 26, 2021.
Photo credit: SIla Kiplagat | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
There’s a need to come up with a scoring criterion to guide the public on who ‘won’ the debate.
We need to ‘level’ the playing ground by treating all contestants equally and accord them equal time.
As campaigns for the 2022 General Election enter the home stretch, the strategies employed by the main contestants have included personal attacks.
This involves attacking the record of opponents, taking the offensive position on issues and emphasising optimism for the future – but never presenting concrete solutions for problems facing the country.
