Why your MP doesn't know what you want

The debt crisis, the price of fuel and the cost of living are maddening for ordinary Kenyans who seek clarification and compromise from the Kenyan governing class — but they are not the only reasons the public is growing frustrated with their elected Members of Parliament.

Recently, Kenyans were treated to a spectacle of MPs, allegedly allied to DP William Ruto, from the five landlocked counties of Nairobi, Kajiado, Nakuru, Machakos and Kiambu who called a presser to voice their lamentations about the plight of Kenyans apparently ignored by the government (Here I was wallowing in the miasma that parliamentarians form the second arm of Government).