How 2025 planted political seeds of the coming years
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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, Democratic Party (DP) leader Justin Muturi, DAP–K candidate in Malava Seth Panyako, DP’s Mbeere North candidate Newton Karish, MP-elects Leonard Muthende (Mbeere North), David Ndakwa (Malava) Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and President William Ruto.
Kenya is a great nation that fought for, found and is now losing its freedom; a nation which for two decades at least pretended to walk the path of democracy but is now stubbornly marching back to darkness, in a cloud of glib high-minded talk, a litany of buried scandals and a carpet of fresh corpses in its wake.
Progress is not linear; it is always three steps forward, one back. We can argue whether ours, which is one step forward and four in the direction of the past, is any progress at all. I don’t want to be a prophet of doom; I desperately want to believe that there are better days ahead for us. This year, 2025, is a massive canvas on which, writ large, are the messages of doom – or redemption – depending on our decision at the fork on the road. Here are my highlights.
