Why Uhuru could use new advice on ailing economy

Kenyans rendered jobless by the coronavirus pandemic sell different foodstuff along the Northern Bypass Road in Nairobi on May 18. Good policy advice could help the country mitigate the effects of economic downturns. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]

We love copying the US, but selectively. We copied their constitution, complete with governors and senators. We pretended we did not realise they have no woman reps, nominated MPs and senators, or MCAs.

We also failed to understand the institutions that underlie their big federal bureaucracy.