Jubilee’s scorecard a mixed bag of goodies

NAIROBI: "Kenya's future," said President Uhuru Kenyatta in November 2015, " depends on upholding the highest standards of integrity in governance, in inclusivity and in the protection of peace." In an apparent moment of excess candour, Mr Kenyatta went on: "Corruption robs us of our security, our prosperity and our health. Corruption turns us against one another, it robs us of hope, it kills."

And so it was that an inter-ministerial public symposium was called yesterday to enumerate the achievements of the Jubilee -led government in the last three years. The general perception is that the Government could have done better. So although the meeting offered the Government a chance to read out its scorecard as they see it, recent revelations of grand corruption hang ominously in the air.