President Uhuru Kenyatta must show his hand in governance

By MUGAMBI NANDI

KENYA: At some point in his second term, former President Kibaki remarked that he regretted not having streamlined the country’s procurement laws immediately upon taking office in his first term, in order to make government procurement more efficient. The strict and lengthy procurement process had been put in place with the assistance of the World Bank as a means of curbing corruption. (Of course we know that this, like most World Bank prescriptions, has not worked, but that is a story for another day).