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The electoral cycle is officially on a break. President Uhuru Kenyatta is in office, on a five-year renewable contract with Kenyans. As President Uhuru and his team settle in office, they should be aware of the challenge ahead. The average Kenyan citizen makes Sh76,000 a year. That is just over Sh6,300 a month. The reality is that 50 years after independence the vast majority of our fellow citizens still live close to destitution, without access to electricity, reliable water supply and proper housing. Forget the politics, this is Uhuru’s challenge.
Former President Kibaki set the pace with investments in infrastructure designed to jumpstart the economy after years of stagnation. These investments mostly benefited the middle and upper classes. Uhuru should improve on this by investing in Kenya’s poorest. For a long time our national approach in dealing with extreme poverty has been mere poverty alleviation, which only serves to keep people comfortable in their poverty. That needs to change.
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