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Forum => Kenya Discussion => Topic started by: Githunguri on January 17, 2024, 11:35:18 PM
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Bure kabisa. So now Ruto has the last word on land issues. If you have his favour or good connections to him, you win land cases. Banana republic!
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It’s actually my first day back from Kenya and this is my honest view from conversations I had with people of all walks of life. Kenya is in dire straits economically, most Kenyans and especially city dwellers can hardly afford two meals, the so called middle class is a farce, you can tell by all repo lots cropping up everywhere from repossessed properties of those who took loans they could not afford. Even though kadollar goes far in Kenya, things are still extremely expensive and the cost of living still unmanageable to majority of Kenyans. On politics, so far Ruto is a huge disappointment, most people I talked to, you can see their mood change when his name is mentioned. I was surprised by this bolt driver in Mombasa, by his accent, I could tell he was a Kalenjin so I tried to massage his ego by pretending that I am a Ruto supporter, he turned out to be the angriest of them all about Ruto and his administration. I think from my conversations, Kenyans are ready for change, Kenyans are tired of all the chaos and corruption, they are ready for good governance. People I talked to could not stop mentioning Michuki, they are not yearning for a dictator but a tough leader who enforces the laws in the books. This is to Ruto, you still have a chance to turn things around, listen to the people, all they want is order out of the chaos.
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Anyone who lays hopes on Ruto is in delusion. Ruto's biggest obstacle is Ruto himself. He believes he is a genious. His greed for wealth and his hypocricy is his biggest undoing.
As of kenya's economic state, just read today's Nation on the warnings from IMF. The worst is yet to come.
It’s actually my first day back from Kenya and this is my honest view from conversations I had with people of all walks of life. Kenya is in dire straits economically, most Kenyans and especially city dwellers can hardly afford two meals, the so called middle class is a farce, you can tell by all repo lots cropping up everywhere from repossessed properties of those who took loans they could not afford. Even though kadollar goes far in Kenya, things are still extremely expensive and the cost of living still unmanageable to majority of Kenyans. On politics, so far Ruto is a huge disappointment, most people I talked to, you can see their mood change when his name is mentioned. I was surprised by this bolt driver in Mombasa, by his accent, I could tell he was a Kalenjin so I tried to massage his ego by pretending that I am a Ruto supporter, he turned out to be the angriest of them all about Ruto and his administration. I think from my conversations, Kenyans are ready for change, Kenyans are tired of all the chaos and corruption, they are ready for good governance. People I talked to could not stop mentioning Michuki, they are not yearning for a dictator but a tough leader who enforces the laws in the books. This is to Ruto, you still have a chance to turn things around, listen to the people, all they want is order out of the chaos.
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We have around 5 million kids in secondary schools, colleges and universities who have reported to their schools.
The urbanites including the poor are paying for baby class up to junior secondary schools.
This is just one sector with a multiplier effect once the fees starts circulating in January.
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Even though kadollar goes far in Kenya, things are still extremely expensive and the cost of living still unmanageable to majority of Kenyans.
Besides crime going up, what are the implications of this economic crisis?
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Kenya is a country in major crisis, obviously things are expensive cause we hardly manufacture anything, there are not enough jobs, we are taxing everyone to service huge loans and on the brink of default, counties can hardly raise any income and if they do, it’s stolen or used to pay redundant employees who produce nothing instead of development. With everything being so expensive, the quality of goods being offered is very low, some of the stuff sold in Kenya would not pass for animal use in other country, crime, mushrooming unplanned construction, every posh place where the thieves live is right next to stewing sewage slum, environmental degradation, poor education, people are perishing of completely treatable ailments, alcoholism and drug use. It’s actually a horrible vicious cycle, sick, hungry, drugged youth cannot be productive to creat a reliable tax base etc if you want to lead a country like Kenya out of this, you have to make very tough and unpopular decisions, Michuki or Kagame type, you cannot be a politician like Ruto who thinks tribes and five year cycles, that’s completely outdated. One glimmer of hope is that, Kenyans are not very resistive of change and I have a feeling that they are ready for it.
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I have a feeling that they are ready for it.
I don't think they are, but the poor have no choice. They are stuck there.