Appraising Kibaki’s Government

Ongoing road construction on Thika Road in Nairobi

In 2002, there was a landslide election in Kenya that toppled the one time dictator, Daniel Arap Moi and a rulership that was so detrimental to Kenya’s development and growth for 28 years. This election victory resulted from a coalition of a number of political heavyweights who had had enough of Moi’s rule and had selected the current President, His Excellency, Mwai Kibaki as the official opposition leader. Mr Kibaki has been in power for just over 9 years and I thought it may be a good idea to write my thoughts on his leadership.

Nairobi will Remain the Main Hub in Kenya for a while

I have very often listened to many politicians in Kenya, who always talk about the need to diversify and decentralise the business, administrative and political activities from the Kenyan capital, Nairobi to other parts of the country. Political reforms that took place last year, and that led to the formation of rather devolved governments (the litmus test for this will be after the general elections scheduled for next year, 2012), have yielded some benefit in exposing other regions’ (like Kitui) potential to contribute to the growth and development of the country. The only concern that one would have is that the services that are available in Nairobi may not be accessible in any other parts of the country.