Kenyans yearning for fresh leadership

With exactly nine months to go before the next general election, Kenyans are grappling with more issues than they did five years ago. Corruption has not dwindled and if we are to go with the Auditor General’s audit reports, the reality is dim and grim with the Kenya government able to account for only 1% of their 2015/2016 expenditure. Kenya still remains one of the most corrupt in the world, Transparency International ranking it as among one of the most corrupt. In the last five years, the corruption cartels in Kenya have gotten bolder, stronger and more ruthless.

 Using a problems tree analogy, the exponential growth of corruption in Kenya has had a multiplied domino effect on other ills including tribalism and impunity. The resultant effect of impunity has been general disregard to the rule of law with justice going to the highest bidder. The government’s failure to tackle corruption head on has emboldened the tribal kingpins with fresh arsenal to fan the tribal flag high.