Kenyan voters face an invidious choice in August
Neither of the leading candidates inspires much hope
THE PROMISES politicians make often sound similar: more jobs, more roads, few details. To understand their worldview better, it can be illuminating to ask them whom they admire.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “The never-ending party”
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