rules and not the might of force. It provides a framework for orderly and objective relationships between citizens in a country. In the Kenyan context, this is underpinned by the Constitution. [395] And as Soli J Sorabjee, a former Attorney General of India once wrote, the rule of law “is the heritage of all mankind” and “a salutary reminder that ‘wherever law ends, tyranny begins”.122 Cast the rule of law to the dogs, Lutisone Salevao once observed “and government becomes a euphemistic government of men…” He adds: “History has shown (sadly, I might add) that even the best rulers have fallen prey to the cruel desires of naked power, and that reliance on the goodwill of politicians is often a risky act of good faith.”123 The moment we ignore our Constitution the Kenyans fought for decades, we lose it. [396] We further note that elections world over are competitive ‘features.’124 Presidents in many parts of the world, and especially in Africa, wield a lot of power.125 ‘The influence that comes with the office makes its very attractive.’ 126 That influence cascades down through all elective positions to the lowest. Candidates and political parties often do anything to be elected. Besides the candidates, the electorate themselves, hoping for Soli J Sorabjee, Rule of Law A Moral Imperative for South Asia and the World, Soli Sorabjee Lecture , Brandeis UniversityMassachusetts,14thApril 2010 at page 2. Available at http://www.brandeis.edu/programs/southasianstudies/pdfs/rule_of_law_full_text.pdf. 123 [Lutisone Salevao, Rule of Law, Legitimate Governance and Development in the Pacific, (ANU Press, 2005)], Page 2. 124 Independent Review Commission Report on the General Elections held in Kenya on December 2007 Chapter III, (Kriegler Report) at 32. 125 Edwin Odhiambo Abuya ‘Can African States Conduct Free and Fair Elections?’, Vol. 8 Issued (Spring 2010) Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights, p.123. 126 Ibid. 122 Presidential  Petition  No.  1  of  2017                                                                                                                                                                                                            172  |  P a g e