![]() Obviously wide awake, he and his sister figured their best option was to sit between me and their father and chat until six. “Happy birthday son, but it’s too early, go back to sleep. Also, while he and I often get up early, it’s rarely that early. Waking up at the crack of dawn is not everyone’s jam in our household. I’ll just say right off the hop here that it was his ninth birthday and he absolutely could have looked at a clock and read the time. The writer is a communications practitioner.My son’s birthday was late last month so of course at 5:15 in the morning of his Big Day the entire family was abruptly awoken when he loudly questioned if it was time to wake up. That aside, when allies of Ruto appear to shut the door on dialogue and opposition chief Raila Odinga calls for crippling national protests and other leaders and citizens cheer them on, what would we say we stand for? Can’t they be prosecuted now if they are well-known? He says there are shadowy characters owning banks and controlling interest rates, with public policy allegedly angled to benefit a few. He calls them allies of the former regime who executed state capture. Gachagua says graft cartels comprise “people who stole billions of shillings from our economy in underhand deals”. Nearly a year into the Kenya Kwanza administration, not much has happened in the graft war front. It’s a golden chance for President William Ruto and his deputy Rigathi Gachagua to succeed where previous administrations failed. Knowing how political and bureaucratic graft works, we are all caught up. ![]() And former CJ Willy Mutunga coined the term ‘bandit economy’ to describe our unbridled greed. Subscribe to our newsletter By clicking on the SIGN UP button, you agree to our Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy SIGN UPįormer President Uhuru Kenyatta estimated Kenya loses Sh2 billion a day to graft.
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