
Who Will Succeed Ruto In The 2032 General Election
Who Will Succeed Ruto In The 2032 General Election
The problem is that even well-informed, well-educated, and respectable people are fed false information and begin regurgitating it publicly.
Before you know it, the false narrative has taken hold as truth when, in fact, it is all lies. Lying and peddling falsehoods is as old as humanity itself.
In the Christian faith, and according to leading divinity scholars, the first lie was told in the Garden of Eden by Satan, who took the form of a serpent and tempted Eve to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, according to the book of Genesis in the Bible.
The lie is said to have severed the relationship between God and humanity and led to what is known as the Fall of Humankind. The Bible says that once sin entered Adam and Eve, it was passed on to all future generations.
On the other hand, according to Islam, lying is permissible in three situations: in war, to reconcile between people, and when a husband or wife lies to please the other.
The Messenger of Allah, the Prophet Muhammad, is said to have stated, “He is not a liar who reconciles between people and narrates something good or says something good.”
In Hinduism, there is no specific account of “the first lie” being told, as the concept of a single origin story as in the Abrahamic religions is not present; however, the Hindu scriptures, particularly the Vedas, emphasize the importance of truthfulness (Satya) as a core moral value, and any act of lying would be considered a transgression against Dharma (righteous conduct).
I am no divinity scholar, Muslim, or Hindu, but I doubt anyone would disagree with the foregoing AI’s authoritative observations.
What can also be said authoritatively is that politicians have taken lying to a whole new level, such that in some countries, it is more fashionable and, indeed, more desirable to lie and win office than to tell the truth and be trounced at the polls.
It is doubtful if politics will ever revert to a place where telling the truth, honor, and trust would be the big three tenets of good leadership, as they once were.
Indeed, in countries such as the United States, even hardcore supporters of President-elect Donald Trump admit that man does not distinguish between lying and telling the truth; to him, both are interchangeable: if the truth is what needs to be said to get what one wants, then truth shall be told.
On the other hand, if telling a whopper would do, then whoppers must be served! If this worked for him, why would it not work for anyone else? Some say only Trump can lie to the levels he has reached and get away from it.
Those holding this thought believe US politics will revert to where it was before Trump rode down that escalator in 2016 and infamously announced he was running for president.
It’s doubtful, but that’s a story for another day. What about Kenya? Do politicians find it more convenient to lie than tell the truth? Of course. Will they continue to lie, even more outrageously than before? Of course.
That being a given, it seems to me that the measure of a good leader should not be how much or how little they lie but what they do as leaders to improve the lives of the millions who depend on good governance to deliver progress and development for them individually and as communities.
If a leader, especially a president, delivers on their vision of development and social justice as President William Ruto has promised to do, then the other promises he did not keep would not matter.
He has plenty of time to do that, and those viewing this objectively expect him to succeed and sail his way to a second term come 2027.
Who Will Succeed Ruto In The 2032 General Election