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Task forces mask failures; here's how

Immediate former President Uhuru Kenyatta when he received a taskforce report on a review of power purchase agreements. [PSCU, Standard]

Ross Perot, the American businessman who unsuccessfully contested the 1992 US presidential elections as an independent candidate, once said that when you see a snake, just kill it -- do not appoint a committee on snakes.

That quote came to mind early in the week when the Nairobi governor constituted a task force to review and propose reforms in the health sector.

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