Uhuru risks being a one term President

Two and a half years after being sworn in, a majority of Kenyans are disillusioned with the Jubilee administration. This is due to failure of the incumbent President Kenyatta to address rising cases of corruption, impunity, near collapse of the economy and being out of touch with the people’s concerns at the grass root level.

In his address to the nation on Mashujaa day, President Kenyatta had a chance to redeem himself and his government but he gave a rather underwhelming speech which did not touch on the plight of the common Mwananchi. Many Kenyans were anticipating the President to talk of how to strengthen the weakening shilling, taking tough action on corrupt individuals and reducing excessive wastage of public funds both at the National and County level. He instead chose to focus on petty issues like criticizing the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the expense of the ailing economy.