Nanjala Nyabola

In­ter­est­ing things are hap­pen­ing in Kenya’s democ­ra­cy. The Au­gust 9 elec­tion is not one of them.

Resti­tu­tion and re­turn are only a start. With­out apol­o­gy, the poi­son re­mains in the sys­tem and con­tin­ues to fes­ter.

But there are more im­por­tant con­ver­sa­tions to be had than hand­wring­ing over the pos­si­ble demise of a pri­vate com­pa­ny.

This year has shown that gov­er­nance guid­ed only by ide­ol­o­gy with­out any con­cern for moral out­comes is dan­ger­ous.

The Face­book out­age and rev­e­la­tions should be a wake-up call not just for the US but the rest of the world as well.

Do­mes­tic fail­ures in them­selves do not ex­plain the glob­al in­equal­i­ty of out­comes when it comes to vac­cines.

Reg­u­la­tion on so­cial me­dia should not be es­tab­lished only with US in­ter­ests in mind.

Vi­o­lent­ly im­posed lock­downs will not be ef­fec­tive and will do more dam­age than good.

And it ought to look to Asia, not North Amer­i­ca or Eu­rope, for the tem­plate for how to han­dle it.

The lat­est Cam­bridge An­a­lyt­i­ca leaks show just how com­pro­mised vot­ing – one of the pil­lars of democ­ra­cy – has be­come.