Development planning must never be tied to person calling the shots

Morning traffic jam along Thika Superhighway near Muthaiga, Nairobi. September 21, 2022 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

This past weekend seems to have inadvertently opened a lid on the undercurrents beneath the veneer of worship that has characterised Kenya Kwanza administration's one year in office. The ghost of 'shareholding' seems to run beyond skin deep as some apologetics of the faction spearheading it would want the public to believe.

On his tour of Nyanza over the weekend, President William Ruto allayed fears of skewed development against the region based on their political leanings. While the head of state steered off politics, one can only be naive to imagine it was all about development and not 2027. For the most part, the developmental history of the country has been joined at the hip with the political figurehead of the day.