Now, I was of age when Kenyans, especially from my home county of Nyeri, hungered for Kibaki's presidency. It was not until 2002 that he clinched the presidency after the opposition united and Raila Odinga’s famous ‘Kibaki Tosha’ declaration. By 2002, Kenya’s economy was ailing, systems seemed to have collapsed and there wasn’t much going on for majority of ordinary Kenyans. Kibaki introduced free primary education and I recall the late Prof George Saitoti’s zeal for having every child enrolled in school. Will a Raila or Ruto regime inspire hope and bring back the mojo among Kenyans as a country facing modern challenges?

Source: Standard Digital May 07, 2022 19:06 UTC