It has precipitated rapid social changes that have outstripped the existing institutions and that are difficult to regulate through the existing means. The much-talked-about growing mistrust between the citizenry and duty-bearers does not stem, per se, from government failure or incompetence. The mistrust emanates from the fast-changing political and economic structures that the government bureaucracy can’t keep up with. Economic growth indicators such as income, health, education and the like are dependent on the strength of both the political and economic institutions of the country. Let us come together to reject prejudice and contempt clothed in the garb of ethnic solidarity that most politicians have resorted to.
