Mr President, it is not their fault they won't see what you've done

President Uhuru Kenyatta

It must disappoint President Uhuru Kenyatta that despite all the effort he has put to transform the country, so much seems unaccomplished. At least going by those who think the country is heading in the wrong direction. Thanks to a cynical public and to a large extent some bungling subordinates.
Poor Uhuru reminds me of the story of an English sailor.
A story is told of a man who went out on a sailing expedition in the 19th Century. When he went back home after being separated from his wife for months, he took with him a piece of gold for her.
At home, his wife ran to him with her hands outstretched.
"So lovely to be home," he said, "and guess what I brought you... a piece of gold, the most precious metal in the world," he said, handing the precious gift to her.
She picked it from his palm and threw it out of the window.
"What have you done?" he bellowed.
"You saw what I did... I asked you to get me an Italian handkerchief," she roared back and walked away sobbing and collapsed in a heap by the fireside.
Obviously, this is not where we are, but it is evident that the relationship between Mr Kenyatta and most of his subjects is strained.
But are things that much out of kilter and is Uhuru's Kenya tottering? I don't think so. Though the economy is not doing the "double-digit" they promised in 2013, at nearly 6 per cent, it is above the average growth across the sub-Sahara Africa region. Quite impressive actually.

Yet with two months to go on his presidency, why are many looking at the glass as half-empty? By any measure, Jubilee's isn't the worst regime. But it could nevertheless have done better.