As Kenya’s 2027 presidential contest begins to take shape, the tone of political engagement is already raising concern. Public exchanges this week between President William Ruto and his former deputy Rigathi Gachagua have signalled an early descent into personal and confrontational politics—long before the campaign season formally peaks.
What has unsettled many observers is not simply the fact of political rivalry, which is both expected and legitimate in a democracy, but the nature of the exchanges.
