United Opposition should go beyond holding political rallies

(Center) PLP Leader Martha Karua flanked by (left) Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka and (right) ACT Wazalendo party leader Dorothy Semu next to Ex Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and other members[Standard, Kanyiri Wahito]

The United Opposition has a year and a half to prove to Kenyans that indeed it is an alternative government in waiting. It has numbers in and out of Parliament. It has masses out there. Its identity is forming among the electorate. It has all it takes to play a major governance role before the general election in August next year.

Undoubtedly, corruption tops national concerns at least among middle and low-class Kenyans. The government seems unbothered despite billions of shillings continuously being looted. It is unnecessary to reproduce here the publicly available long list of unaccounted-for funds in the counties, in the national government, and in programmes meant to improve living standards. The Auditor General has done a tremendous job in keeping the public, the taxpayers, informed of how public funds are used.