“In Kenya, the Higher You Climb, the Better Your Acting Must Be” Because here, power isn’t earned. It’s performed. We live in a country where politics is theatre. Not strategy. Not vision. Not competence. Theatre. You don’t need to know how to lead. You just need to know how to lie with emotion. Add a few Bible verses, cry on camera, blame the last regime — and suddenly you’re a leader. This country is full of people who rehearse more than they work. Leaders who know how to trend, not how to build. MPs who can’t pass a meaningful bill, but can pass blame with Olympic-level speed. You’ll see governors commissioning wheelbarrows, and people clapping. You’ll see senators hosting church fundraisers with stolen money, and people saying “mwenyezi Mungu ni mwema.” You’ll see CSs quoting Bible verses on Twitter while inflating budgets in the dark. It’s not just embarrassing. It’s strategic deception. And the system rewards it — over and over again. Nietzsche warned us long ago: “The worst rise not by open war, but through silent conquest. By pretending to be good for long enough, they begin to believe it — even as they destroy.” Look around. You’ll see people rising in this country not because they’re the most qualified — but because they’re the most conformist, the most calculating, the most comfortable lying in public and smiling at funerals. In Kenya, if you’re shameless enough, you’ll succeed. Not because the public believes in you — but because they’ve stopped expecting better. Let’s stop sugarcoating it and lying to ourselves. We’re being ruled by performers. People who learnt to play the game — and now write the rules. They’ve turned Parliament into a comedy show. They’ve turned public office into a family business. And they’ve turned citizens into confused spectators clapping for failure. ✅ The Solution. Stop clapping. Refuse to share their staged videos. Refuse to normalize the clownery. Refuse to stay silent when mediocrity is marketed as “leadership.” If someone’s only skill is speaking well — ask what they’ve built. If someone uses religion to cover corruption — walk out of their church. If someone smiles for cameras but delivers nothing — call them out publicly. Because in a country where the worst rise through performance… silence is complicity.