Uhuru’s State of Nation address was like an 82-minute eulogy

Good day Your Excellency. I hope this finds you in good spirits. Now, I did not enjoy the State of the Nation address last week. In fact, it left me unsettled. It sounded like an 82-minute eulogy. It was a mandatory list of nice things that Kenyans will have to say about you when you depart office.

What I really mean is that the speech was ‘factory standard’. It was generic instead of being ‘bespoke’. And the reason is because you spoke to our heads instead of our hearts.