Situation 'on the ground' is not as rosy as government paints it

President William Ruto, Kajiado Governor Joseph Ole Lenku, CS Soipan Tuya and other government officials during a church service at Kenyatta International Convention Centre. [PCS]

Fellow young people, I send you this missive hoping it finds you well. That we are living in precarious times cannot be gainsaid. The unemployment rate has skyrocketed and with it the provision of socio-economic rights is envisaged in article 43 of the Constitution. The men in power, however, have already declared that they are doing splendid work. Last week, while speaking to some elected leaders from Mt Kenya East, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki said they have fixed the macroeconomics.

Can't fix the macro and the micro concurrently? I pose this question because these folks are not new in government. If we were to believe their story that they were excluded from running government during the second term of the Jubilee days, at least they knew the inner workings of government. Today, as they are declaring easy victories, they still arrest people who tell them that some of the pet projects they have hired bloggers to insult us about are not working.