Kenya Kwanza government's open favouritism with job appointments alienating citizens

The tricky thing about sacking people from communities that did not vote for President William Ruto and thus considered strangers to the government is that when fully implemented, it acts like a fine fish net that catches the Nile Perch and dagaa.

The Nile Perch is the big politician whose political orientation is a matter of public knowledge. The dagaa (omena) is the typical public servant, who approaches his/her duties with the utmost professionalism, diligence and commitment, and pays no attention to partisan politics. Now, Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's policy on shareholder empowerment, which we tackled in this column last week, will not discriminate. It will sweep away the politician and the hardworking, apolitical civil servant.