President Uhuru Kenyatta’s slip of tongue or costly gaffes?

President Uhuru Kenyatta during the Kenya Diaspora Easter Investment Conference 2015, at the Windsor Golf and County Club, Nairobi recently. [PHOTO: GOVEDI ASUTSA/STANDARD]

Kenya: President Uhuru Kenyatta’s style of issuing directives is taking a heavy toll on public confidence. Several of his recent orders have also dented his popularity.

A day to the Garissa attack, he haughtily dismissed as “not genuine” travel advisories by Britain and Australia to their nationals to keep off the Coast and Northern regions of Kenya in the face of imminent terror strikes.