Kenya Kwanza failures led to Raila-Ruto handshake

President William Ruto and Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the Raila Odinga Stadium, in Homa Bay County for this year's Genowa Governor's Cup on December 27, 2024. [PCS]

The man in the house on the hill, I must admit, is a consummate politician, but whose tenure at the top has been marked with a darker version of all the sins he accused his opponents of. The new spate of abductions is certainly going to decisively sink Kenya Kwanza unless the President proves he is willing to do that which in my view, he has failed to do from day one.

What could that be? Sir Winston Churchill while writing about the first world war quipped that a commander can either have a policy of audacity or one of prudence, but he can't have both at the same time. I will say without prevarication that all the programmes that this administration has pursued from day one in office, have been predicated on so little to no audacity as well as prudence. If that were not the case, so many citizens would be willing to lend their support.