Obstacles President Uhuru Kenyatta will face in his second term

As President Uhuru Kenyatta prepares to take the oath of office for his second and final term today, expectations among Kenyans are mixed: high and positive in the Jubilee Party camp but low and negative in the NASA camp.

Each side of the political divide has its reasons for optimism or pessimism. Yet both seem to be too focused on the short-term fixes hence overlooking our historical experience as a nation, which shows that Kenya’s socio-economic dilemma has been persistent since independence in 1963 and will outlive Uhuru’s second term.