The Handshake Augmented Kenyatta's Inept and Corrupt Regime
So today a section of
opposition politicians (that is if there is anything like opposition in Kenya)
gathered at a funeral and declared that they will ‘defend the presidency at
whatever cost.’ That was more annoying that amusing especially coming from the very
individuals who until recently told the people stories of many bad things about
Uhuru Kenyatta’s presidency to which some of us agreed. Uhuru Kenyatta cannot
be inept until he appears to be in support of Raila Odinga's 2022 presidential bid. With or without the famous handshake, Uhuru’s
government remains one of the most inept and corrupt since independence. He is
a dictator like his father, he is kleptocratic like Moi, he is deceptive like
Kibaki and his regime is certainly corrupt than all the previous three
combined. Public information available from the auditor general’s office (which
is a government agency by the way) reveals that Kenya loses well over 40% of
its budget to corruption. That is staggering. That level of public thievery
cannot instantly be just fine because Uhuru shook a hand with Raila and they
ended their political enmity. The handshake did not mean Kenya is now better
governed. The problem of governance in Kenya remains wanting; the ineptness of
Uhuru remains intact and public theft has even surged now that Raila who used
to speak up has been shut by the handshake. So, when the very same characters
that the people of Kenya gave the mandate through an election to, among others,
check government through Parliamentary oversight, go to funerals and declare
they will defend the president and the presidency, ‘at all costs’ then you know
that we do have a huge a problem.
The Handshake Augmented Kenyatta's Inept and Corrupt Regime
Reviewed by Ibrahim Magara
on
January 13, 2019
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