Like Kivuitu, the guy chose money over conscience.
I’m not going to say which side he should have favored, but I will sure stress he left a great number of people doubting his fairness. Just like Moses Kuris owes an explanation to clear his name on Msando, or Nabii is a suspect on Jacob Juma’s demise, the guy left a lot of questions hanging before his exit.
Why would you be looking for networks at 75? He has two homes in Nairobi and a another two in shags. His kids are grown and long gone. His law firm saved him a lot of money. His pay and contracts at IEBC, saved him enough to live three lifetimes without a job.
I heard he worked at PWC for a long time. People who had such jobs in the 80s and 90s bought houses in garden estate, Mountain View and places like that.
The man is not poor.
You can’t work until you die. Too much to do in this world.
This is reductive and also grossly underestimates the resilience and mental fortitude of a man who navigated some of the most tumultuous and high-pressure electoral roles. Don’t you see the irony in your take Mr Synovate?
First a man of his temperament wouldn’t suddenly crumble because of a quieter life post-retirement. That’s just absurd. Chebukati was not some fragile figure going by what you’ve posted. You don’t go through life a lonesome person then suddenly yearn for connection. Hata na familia, hata akiwa mgonjwa. He was wealthy with a litany of servants at his beck and call. That’s all a man needs. Very many men tough it out in old age solo. Tena, what would be that mentally taxing on an ageing man that he couldn’t handle it after enduring far worse during his career?
Second, you don’t get to be a key figure overseeing national critical elections twice then have your career stagnated due to lack of networks. A man of his stature wouldn’t simply fade away after retirement. Reducing his legacy to this shallow narrative does him a disservice bwana Synoate. Chebukati was Matiba’d, just too fast.
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