Thursday’s arrest of Nairobi’s Urban Planning Chief Officer Patrick Analo Akivaga, a wife and the seizure of tens of millions hidden in his Syokimau home read like a movie script. While his conduct has long attracted public concern, this moment must not be reduced to wrongdoing of an individual. We must also focus on the deeper systemic and relational failures that enabled him to thrive at City Hall.

The recent mass voter registration drive has rewritten Kenya’s electoral history, delivering one of the biggest youth electorates the country has ever seen. The figures tell a powerful story, but if this was such a success, why did the Election Commission end it prematurely?

With the resumption of continuous voter registration on 29 September, seven by-elections set for 27 November, the scramble for the next generation of honest leaders is on. As Kaggia hits the stage later next week, it allows us to ask the very topical question: What would Kenya be, if our leaders were not corrupt?

Legendary stories found fresh expression recently with the Shujaa Stories ballet. Choreographed by the Dance Centre Kenya, some of the...