A section of Kenya’s online users were on Saturday left a sad lot after State House posted pictures of Havard University scholars who were on a visit to the statehouse to learn from President Kenyatta’s vision for the economic growth of Kenya and the wider African continent.
Kenyans who felt dissatisfied with Kenya’s progress to achieve its economic growth lashed out at President Uhuru Kenyatta over what they termed as government’s failures to curb the growing unemployment rate while it was busy boasting of ‘unseen’ economic growths.
Led by the vocal human activist Boniface Mwangi, many laughed off the idea to visit the country in the process urging the world’s number one prestigious University to instruct their visiting scholars to proceed and inspect the ‘new stadiums, Laptop programs, impressive dams build as well as the infrastructure in the country to ascertain their worth.
The Havard team of scholars are in the country to learn from President Kenyatta's vision for the economic growth of Kenya and the wider African continent. pic.twitter.com/vPksOuLhNW
— State House Kenya (@StateHouseKenya) June 22, 2019
“laughs in unemployment and corruption.@Harvard speak to your alumni @kenyanpundit @Nanjala1. The scholars should check out the new stadiums, the free laptops project, and the impressive Arror and Kimwarer dam project.Also, ask Uhuru about his friends at Cambridge Analytica” Tweeted Boniface Mwangi.
Many termed the decision by Havard scholars to benchmark the country as a big joke saying that Kenya was currently performing poorly in terms of economic growth as compared to former President Mwai Kibaki’s regime.
Jokes jokes jokes….we are way poorer under his watch
— @ngaruiyaf (@ngaruiyaf3) June 23, 2019
Some called it an imaginary, disgusting economic boast while others advised the visiting scholars to just head to our good game parks to enjoy their holiday instead of wasting their time on imaginary economic growth visits. Here are some of the reactions.
πππ they should just head to kws and enjoy the holiday
— Bernard Shaw (@R_Bernard) June 22, 2019
“You mean the lopsided vision n mis-prioritization? Misspending billions on scandalous mega pet projects like SGR..NYS.. for 5 years only to realise there is the 4 agenda in 2nd term. They got the wrong case study right there.” replied another user @Wahwai
I tend to think that the human race is irredeemably stupid… how on earth does Harvard with all its might and glory bench mark from an African leader like Ouru?π π π π
— … (@mukhtasari) June 22, 2019
“@Harvard you sent your people to do what again?. Our President Kibaki left a sound economy for this guy to manage on our behalf, all was rolled for him in a red carpet but as usual he messed up everything in just about 6yrs what took Kibaki only 10yrs to fix after a 24yr madness.” added @DanOndik
They must be amazed at the resilience of the ordinary Kenyans in the midst of the overwhelming economic debt by a few rich politicians.
— Peter Solo Gichiraβ (@sologish) June 22, 2019
Others advised the scholars to take a walk in the Kenyan streets and see for themselves how the vision had streamed to the common citizen.
The biggest joke that I have heard in my entire life,which development or vision or maebi they want learn how to let Chinese become hawkersin their country
— Carolyne Wanjiru ( carolshiru) (@carolwishma96) June 23, 2019
Kenya is currently one of the fastest growing economies in Africa yet, nearly half of the 50 million residents live below the poverty line. The reasons for this have been attributed to the growing corruption menace in the country which has siphoned the country dry as well as the government’s laxity in creating employment to the growing population.
President Kenyatta said Kenya was moving in the right direction of progress and his administration was aggressively implementing a transformative development agenda to create prosperity for all. pic.twitter.com/XcE9rR6K0D
— State House Kenya (@StateHouseKenya) June 22, 2019