However, it is only in Africa where when one works hard to fight poverty and develop a region, one is vilified politically. It baffles me why any leader, anywhere in the world, remains comfortable year after year as the leader of the very poor? A leaders should be proud to lead people who are also doing well economically. People who are hooked on to power at times lose focus of the bigger picture.

Dr. Alfred Mutua - Governor, Machakos County.