This week, the Eliud Lagat affair has exposed, with chilling clarity, the depths to which President William Ruto's administration is willing to sink in its contempt for Kenyans.
The message has been delivered unambiguously: no amount of public outcry, no volume of protests, and no evidence of wrongdoing will compel this administration to hold one of its own accountable.
Instead, the state has chosen defiance, stonewalling, and ultimately, a dangerous game of political attrition-dragging out the crisis in hopes that public anger will eventually dissipate.
But Kenyans must not relent.
