Ruto rebrands SHIF to Taifa care

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Branding it whatever sleek name he fancies won’t sort out the structural and operational hiccups facing SHA.

Labelling a tin of sh*t “manuka honey” (the best honey in the world, by the way) won’t turn the aforesaid faeces into honey.

And I suspect this change is not genuine but an avenue to eat more of our money now that Adani is kaput.
 
Tiiga Waana said:
Branding it whatever sleek name he fancies won’t sort out the structural and operational hiccups facing SHA.

Labelling a tin of sh*t “manuka honey” (the best honey in the world, by the way) won’t turn the aforesaid faeces into honey.

And I suspect this change is not genuine but an avenue to eat more of our money now that Adani is kaput.
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81% of President William Ruto’s ~Agemates: “Kenya is Headed in the Wrong Direction” (Akala, 2024) President William Ruto's third State of the Union Address was a tutorial in cognitive dissonance....
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81% of President William Ruto’s ~Agemates: “Kenya is Headed in the Wrong Direction” (Akala, 2024)

President William Ruto's third State of the Union Address was a tutorial in cognitive dissonance.

Cognitive Dissonance: A psychological term that describes the tension one experiences when one holds two or more contradictory beliefs, values, or attitudes or when their behavior conflicts with their proclaimed beliefs or values.

Maybe the preceding is a trait common in all politicians, lakini Kenya’s fifth president is in a class of his own. How else does one explain his seemingly thoughtful but patently self-evident rhetorical opening musing – whether Kenya Kwanza has pursued public policies to improve service delivery to citizens or for political expediency?

Full Disclosure: I held my nose and supported William Ruto’s presidential run in 2022. I also gave him as much leeway and latitude as reasonably possible to enact his agenda. However, three years into his five-year term, he has failed to deliver.

Consider the following:

- Even before becoming president, nearly everything Mr. Ruto said and did sought to benefit or further his political fortunes. Improving service delivery to his “Hustler” supporters was a corollary or side effect of the self-serving efforts.

Supporting Raila Odinga’s campaign to become African Union’s chairperson coopted and calmed down the former prime minister’s erstwhile restive wing of the domestic political environment, even if temporarily so.

Acquiescing to Rigathi Gachagua’s impeachment and removal as his deputy provided Mr. Ruto a fig leaf with which he could cover his record and shield his government from the many allegations of self-dealing and influence-peddling, including the various deals with the now-US indicted Indian industrialist, Gautam Adani. Replacing his former DP with Kithure Kindiki offered Ruto some respite from the duo’s voter-rich but potentially aggrieved Mt. Kenya/Central base.

- Albert Einstein said insanity is repeatedly doing the same thing and expecting different results.

How else does one explain the appointment of Evans Kidero, someone rejected by Nairobi County voters during the 2017 General Elections and linked to the collapse of Mumias Sugar as the chairperson of the Kenya National Trading Cooperation?

What about reappointing more than half of the cabinet secretaries who caused the mid-year protests heard around the world or deflecting blame over the untenable domestic socio-economic conditions elsewhere, save for his failed leadership?

- All citizens prioritize and expect to be safe and secure – in their homes and the larger society. Fortunately, Kenyans have not experienced any significant security lapses as they did during the last administration. However, the level of insecurity throughout the country, especially in its major cities, is unmistakable. Not a week passes without reports of an abduction, sometimes in broad daylight, a missing person, or mysterious/inexplicable (public) deaths, primarily caused by murder.

In a previous piece, I cautioned against the vindictive nature of Kenya’s presidential politics, especially after fallouts between the office’s occupant and erstwhile comrades-in-arm. I urged President Ruto to let his impeached/unemployed deputy live out his retirement/private citizenship peacefully. Unfortunately, this does not appear to be the case. The former DP has voiced concerns about “unmarked cars trailing him.” Gachagua’s lengthy political career, including a stint under the repressive Moi regime, affords him a unique vantage point to raise this alarm.

Equally troubling are reports of foreign nationals seeking refuge in Kenya being ferreted back to face the (political) persecution from which they fled.

- If “listening is a full-time occupation of leadership,” then the first president of Kenya with an academic Ph.D. failed the module on leadership. I realize Ruto’s doctorate was in plant ecology, but he has been a leader for at least thirty years. While I usually yield to a leader’s prerogative re: their appointments, Ruto has displayed an unyielding and troubling tone-deaf stubbornness. It took the country’s “Summer of Rage” orchestrated by their youth (Gen Z and Millennials) to get his attention and force him to change his mind and reject the controversial Finance Bill. The supposedly contrite PORK also disbanded his first cabinet, a lowkey critique of its performance, only to rehire approximately half of them while finding positions elsewhere in his government for others, including Eliud Owalo and Moses Kuria.

The reshuffling of the deckchairs on Mr. Ruto’s Titanic was complete as bait, switch, and hoodwinking of Kenyans settled in.

- Despite his lofty pronouncements about (being committed to) Democracy, Human Rights, the Rule of Law, Transparency, and Accountability, the president has been anything but during the last three years. According to a computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI) conducted by Infotrack, 73% of Kenyans believe “the country is headed in the wrong direction,” including a staggering 81% of those between 46 and 55 years old.

(The president is 57 years old).

These individuals cite the cost of living, unemployment, and healthcare as the main issues driving this opinion. An overwhelming plurality, 70%, also “believe the president is responsible for the wrong direction the country is headed.”

I agree with them.

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Infotrak:73pc of Kenyans believe country headed in the wrong direction

Those interviewed cited rampant corruption in the country, poor infrastructure, tribalism. - Kenya breaking news | Kenya news today | Capitalfm.co.ke
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