This archive report was first published on 24 August 2019.
On August 24, 2019, a court case between Meru Senator Mithika Linturi and his partner, Maryanne Keitany, took a dramatic turn, spilling family secrets and threatening to eclipse any Hollywood box office hit movie.
Divorce proceedings are always noisy, messy, and with casualties, but this one was different. It exposed the stinking rot in Kenya's politics, revealing the personal motives of public officials who push the anti-corruption agenda and the ease with which political agendas can be toppled.
Linturi's absence from Parliament on the day of the impeachment motion against Ms Anne Waiguru, then-Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning, was a revelation that left many wondering about the true intentions of our politicians.
As the Keitany-Linturi reality show continues to unfold, it's clear that our politicians have lost their sense of shame a long time ago. They are driven by a sense of smell for easy money, taste for blinding pleasures, and touch for luring phone calls.
They have no qualms being ensnared into the devil's lair for their hair to be clean-shaven, and with it going their political strength. The painful reality is that our politicians who claim to serve a living God are subverting the course of justice in this country and our clergy still allow them to stand on our pulpits to lecture us on piety.
