Perhaps it is a little early to be determining how well the
jubilee government is going. They simply haven’t been in office long enough and
anyone declaring it a complete success or failure, at this early stage, simply
needs to find something to occupy his time other political punditry. I thought
about not writing this piece, for the fear of being misunderstood, I considered
it but eventually common sense prevailed.I felt compelled to write
Here are some of my thoughts:
- UHURU has a heart and he too can get sporty: If the sight of President Kenyatta taking Otongolo for a walk around state house didn’t put a smile on your face then you have no heart. You are a very cold-heated tool, emotionally devoid and nothing will make you happy,besides he promised to take care of Otongolo's fees,all the way to college,of course that wont put holes in the wallet of a man like Uhuru but it is a heart warming gesture and quite endearing,coming from a man who had been so successfully branded, a callous and heartless politician a few months ago by politicians on the other side of the divide. all the way to college of a Kenyan president in a rugby jersey is enough change in itself, at least we have a president who can take off his coat at a sports event, even though for a few minutes.
- Hustlers can quickly forget where they are coming from: Let me approach this with a little more caution, I wouldn't want to be called a bitter loser,like i have often been called (I hate that).By the way, I moved on and i am accepting,slowly but steadily. I do not approve of wasteful spending, infact I cringe when I see public money flushed down the toilet. I haven’t gotten over the news I read a while ago about our DP, 'the hustler’ a name he so popularized during the campaigns. That he used a 100 million to hire a luxury jet to take him around African cities for a week and 100 more million to renovate his house that has already cost more than 400 million to build , seriously? It is important to remember that,Ruto presented himself as a man who understands the needs of the people,but such lavish spending shows his detachment from reality and the hustlers that he said he represents. In a country where teachers have been out of class for three weeks demanding better pay such kind of spending clearly int a priority There seem to be some chemistry between William Ruto and 100 million but that’s for another day. Truth behind the smoke screen is that William Ruto is a politician, just like any other. He is not a messiah sent to save. He might think he is, but I don’t buy it.
- Forget the fuss about change, nothing has changed: there was so much talk about change in the air during campaigns but nothing has materialized yet: the same lack of effort to tackle corruption, same sleaze in the government, same impunity that has existed. If you thought the bad apples will be cleared out especially within the traffic police, most corrupt unit according to Transparency International you may have to wait longer. What annoys me and I’m sure plenty of others out there, is that talk of increasing VAT on basic commodities. I don’t believe taxing the people more will help. Typical capitalists who want to exploit the poor for the benefit of the rich. I would like to see some change instead of promises of change.
- All talk of supporting devolution is lip service: I have been carefully examining some of the spending proposals of this government. One thing I have learned is that the 210 billions allocated for county governments is way below the 40% of the total government expenditure promised in the Jubilee manifesto. I think what needs to be done is for them to put their money where their lips are: tossing some more money to the people and into infrastructure
- Uhuru is our President: (it took prayers for me accept this) It has only 100 days, quite frankly it make some time to see some change they promised come to fruition, what we need to do now is to rally together for the country we all love, whether you like it or not President Kenyatta is our president. When we wish for him and his policies to fail, we are asking for Kenya to fail. Think about that. Whether Mr. Kenyatta is the right leader for the time in history or not? Only time will tell
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