Hustlers yet to reap from their investment in Kenya Kwanza

A hustler takes a nap during lunch hour break at Kakamega Ambwere Plaza. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The debilitating high cost of living now threatening to evaporate Kenya's middle class is a long shadow of the old sin of corruption and wastefulness in government. One year after inauguration of the Kenya Kwanza government, we all see that indeed, nothing changed. No vision, no higher ideals, no grand ambition apart from primitive accumulation.

All this while the people, the 'hustlers', are at the end of their tethers. Let's briefly look at the canvass of our economic landscape. For records, I am not an economist. As such, my summations will be based purely on my observations, not some high-sounding theory from Adam smith or Bibek Debroy. According to figures from the Controller of Budget, revenue collected has shrunk in the last one year.