The National Prayer Breakfast is a performance. It is a way to wrap political decay in a layer of religious sanctity. Leaders gather to signal virtue while they execute their agendas.

Willis Otieno stripped the mask away. He accused the government of blatant hypocrisy. The tension in the room was not a surprise. It was the only honest thing present.

The political landscape is breaking. The rituals of state are failing. There is no way to hide the rot anymore.

The symptoms of this collapse are clear.

• The use of prayer to justify political aggression.
• The public exposure of state lies.
• The breakdown of political stability.
• The death of institutional trust.