The façade is off; prepare for the rough ride ahead

Youths protests against vitriolic attacks on the person of the Chief Justice David Maraga in Kisii town. PHOTO | NMG

On the one hand, the Supreme Court’s unexpected ruling has had some necessary and positive consequences.

It has re-affirmed the meaning of the right to vote, putting paid to the notion that universal suffrage can be sacrificed to appease the gods of “peace.”