The so-called broad-based government being engineered by President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga is not a political masterstroke-it is a betrayal of the people.
While it is being framed as an effort to foster national unity, the reality is that this move is about self-preservation, political patronage and entrenching a culture of elite deal-making at the expense of ordinary Kenyans.
Kenya was promised a lean, efficient government.
Instead, what we are witnessing is an expansion of government offices to accommodate political allies and neutralise opposition voices.
