Halt grandiose projects, create opportunities for common man

It is a paradox that the government is struggling financially and at the same time launching grandiose projects that continues to increase the debt burden. Counties are struggling to pay suppliers and in the process killing many businesses. Hundreds of business people owed huge amounts of money by the devolved units have sent workers home and closed shop. Thousands of jobs have been lost and livelihoods dealt a huge blow.

Yet, the government launched the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to Naivasha and the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport-Westlands Express highway. The two projects will cost billions of shillings and the same overtaxed Kenyans will shoulder the bills. Extensive investment in infrastructure without adequate measures to ensure socio-economic growth, is self-defeating.