Dear Mr.President

I vividly remember standing under the scotching sun for 8 hours on the 4^th of March , it was the first time to ever exercise my civic duty; I did not sleep the night prior to the election, no one at home did, we sat up painting a successful Kenya under your government what had confidence in your leadership. I was sure of job security upon finishing campus or the prospects for facilities to help my small campus business to grow. Like mother always said you are your father’s son and had no doubt of your delivering in your term.

It is now a year since and, let’s admit it, you had a rough start, rolling out a government with a new constitution which involved the office of the Senate and Governorship (many of whom are either busy chairing senseless commissions or starting fad projects in attempts to buy Kenyans, add weight to their CVS for future prospects or just to milk the taxpayers’ money) , dealing with the MPs whose first agenda in parliament was to raise their pay not to mention the state which retired President Mwai Kibaki left the teachers among many other weighty issues. This was not your usual life on a silver platter, then it all went to the dogs with the teachers’ strike that lead to a ripple effect with the rest of the civil service and then the Westgate Siege , Mpeketoni attacks;  man  your trials in leadership beat the pauper life, such is the making of leadership.

However, it is with great regret I write to you today, frankly I’m tired of trying to see the sense in some of the projects you have pushed for. How did a company that does not produce laptops get the tender for your project then again your Excellency why did this become your first initiative? Wouldn’t paying the teachers and medical workers calm the storm in your teacup faster? If the laptop project was so important, what happened to vetting the people getting these tenders and those whom you personally appointed to work in the various ministries (this would save Kenya a lot of money on the investigations following graft allegations).You may be transparent but not everyone around you is and that is make you look very bad your Excellency.

On the other hand, you destroyed every opportunity for a classless economy with high taxation that lead to the skyrocketing of product prices and chances for economic prosperity under your government prove slimmer than that to the retired President Mwai Kibaki.

Your government is slowly proving to cater for the 1 percent of Kenyan (i.e. the guys you went to school with, or was it summer camp?). Yes, the NYS may have been your best idea since you got to office but how about changing the face of the Kenya Police by appointing officers who can really work and not puppets.

Maybe I’m pushing things: There is the youth and women fund which is great if we know someone who has worked for most or your staff’s extended family members and their family friends, wamevuna kuwa wakenya. Providing laptops, job opportunities with the NYS and the enterprise fund is not a lasting solution, most Kenyans did not get the kind of education you did so their thinking is streamlined to work for you and your crew. Be that champ with a difference and change the education system to one that challenges broad critical thinking and nurtures talent reducing materialism and vagueness.

If I was to go back in time to Election Day, I would still vote for you, do not get ahead of yourself Mr. President. Let us give credit where credit is due; it’s the new constitution that has given us the freedom of expression and well, this new breed of mostly independent expressionists (Bloggers) that got me a job. It doesn’t pay much but I am happy I don’t have your job and yes my job is way cooler than yours.

 

Regards

+254 Youth,   Well Paid blogger, Kenyan, A Straight Kenyan Youth