Unity of purpose, visionary leaders needed to get Kenya out of poverty

First Lady Rachel Ruto donates foodstuff to residents of Soweto at Kahawa Primary on November 5, 2022. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

Kenya like many countries is experiencing the effects of severe drought, nearly three years of Covid-19 pandemic, recession, a debt crisis, high unemployment, repressed economy and the war in Ukraine.

These have contributed to severe domestic shocks of rising inflation rates and high cost of living. Millions of Kenyans are starving, their domestic animals dead or dying and no one wants to buy those that won't survive journey to the market.