Nairobi, July 26 -- This past week, I stumbled upon a social media clip by an aspirant for the position of governor in my home county. In it he was castigating the incumbent whose constitutional two terms end next year.

He pointed out that although they supported the governor in 2013 and 2017, they never interrogated his record. Consequently, as the first 10 years of devolved government comes to an end in August 2022, the county has very little to show for that period.

The above sentiment has two sides to it. The election campaign season is here in earnest. Consequently, aspirants in efforts to win the support of the electorate will criticise the incumbents and try to demonstrate how they will be much better than them if they get the chan...