Pauline's take
Government officials led by the president have found a new narrative to explain their gross incompetence and failures; “We do not want to live a lie like the previous regime.”
Mwananchi: Why are you overburdening us with tax?
Government: We do not want to live a lie like the previous regime.
Mwananchi: Why are you borrowing so heavily?
Government: We do not want to live a lie like the previous regime.
Mwananchi: Why is the cost of fuel so high in Kenya, yet the global prices have sharply decreased? Government: we do not want to live a lie like the previous regime.
Mwananchi: Why are you charging for issuance of IDs and increasing payments for statutory documents?
Government: we do not want to live a lie like the previous regime.
Mwananchi: Why are you saying that you have employed 56,000 teachers yet over 46,000 are just interns with a 12 months non-renewable contract?
Government: We do not want to live a lie like the previous regime.
Mwananchi: Why are you making education so expensive, which will lead to a very high number of school drop outs as many parents will not afford the fees?
Government: We do not want to live a lie like the previous regime.
Mwananchi: The previous government was paying loans, developing the country and providing us services without charging us a leg and an arm. Why do you make it sound like yours is the first government to pay loans and you have to kill us with taxes while not undertaking any serious development work?
Government: We do not want to live a lie like the previous regime.
Mwananchi: In an economy that is badly hurting, why does the president and members of the executive spend so much money on foreign trips which are clearly not beneficial to the country?
Government: We do not want to live a lie like the previous regime. Do they realize how insane they sound?