You are making it seems as if it's only in Kenya, that people campaign for posts? All over the world people invest in campaigns, and govern their people without stealing.
I blame my line of work where the reports of 'We have had 5 fatalities, 2 were treated and went home, the rest are still in hospital with minor injuries.'
Were common in the 7pm news.
We are actually regressing in terms of water provision, those of us who are old enough, can remember MDGs Millennium development goals, where provision of piped water by the year 2000 was a target.