100 days is too short a time to gauge the Ruto administration

President William Ruto when he received instruments of power from his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta at Kasarani Stadium during his inauguration as the 5th President of Kenya on September 13, 2022. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

Eleven Bills were passed into law. 42 executive orders were issued, and 62 from the previous administration were reversed. That's a small titbit from the number crunching done by National Public Radio (NPR) on US President Joe Biden's first 100 days in office. One Bill was particularly significant; the $1.9 trillion (Sh233 trillion) American Rescue Plan that is now biting back with rising interest rates to stamp down on subsequent inflation. Then again, America is a $23 trillion (read, gazillion shilling) economy. Kenya is a $115 billion (Sh14 trillion) economy.

President William Ruto's first 100 days came up yesterday, (and I still insist for the record that this 100-day metric is an irritating false flag), so what must we judge his Kenya Kwanza administration on? After all, he only got his Cabinet on Day 44, and Principal Secretaries on Day 80. His first signature initiative, the Hustler Fund (which in the fullness of time should really be termed the Hustler Platform), was rushed through on Day 78. And Day 100 is only 135 days after our August election, with another 1,692 days left to August 10, 2027.