Learn from Uhuru’s Economic Growth? Kenyans Angered By Harvard Scholars’ Visit to Statehouse

A group of Harvard University Scholars who visited Statehouse to learn from President Kenyatta’s Vision of Economic Growth of Kenya. Photo/Statehouse

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.

“laughs in unemployment and corruption. speak to your alumni . 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.

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.

“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

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

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.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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