Good morning,
As the days go by, our country seems to be falling deeper and deeper into the pit of confusion.
Our politicians are all over one another, joining and leaving coalitions ahead of the 2022 polls, and our President has chosen to remain quiet amidst all the hate being directed towards him as his term comes to an end.
Although the countdown to the Election has started, we are still quite far from the date, and the government still has about a year of governance left.
Therefore, it is unfair to citizens when those charged with governing the country appear to have thrown in the towel to focus on personal vendettas and aspirations.
Our Head of State needs to find a way to harmonize his team for the final lap, to avoid leading the country into the route of anarchy that we seem to be currently on.
Perhaps a final reshuffle of the cabinet is appropriate to allow for objective ministries’ leadership.
Action also needs to be taken against hate speech as early as now; it is unsettling to see how politicians are quick to insult one another on social media, a tool with the potential of fueling widespread hate and violence, which is what we are trying to avoid by all means possible.
As we wait to see what Uhuru Kenyatta’s final lap will entail, here are the stories making headlines on Opera News today:
Ruto troops: We shall trounce Raila-Uhuru alliance
Deputy President Wiliam Ruto’s allies say they are not worried about the push by major Opposition leaders to craft an alliance against him ahead of 2022.
Political analysts warn, however, that a formidable opposition team backed by President Uhuru Kenyatta could easily vanquish Ruto as he makes a first stab at the presidency.
The President on Tuesday held talks with Raila Odinga (ODM), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Kalonzo Musyoka (Wiper), Gideon Moi (Kanu) and Ford Kenya’s Moses Wetang’ula in a fresh bid to reunite them.
Raila launches Mt Kenya offensive, to be hosted in Nyeri
ODM chief Raila Odinga has aggressively started to make inroads in Mt Kenya days after it emerged he is President Uhuru Kenyatta’s preferred successor.
The Star has established the Kikuyu Council of Elders will on August 28 host Raila and more than 100 Luo elders in Nyeri as part of the plan.
On Thursday, Raila was hosted in Limuru, Kiambu, at the home of deceased business tycoon Nginyo Kariuki where strong political statements were made.
Kajiado Mother Loses One-Month Old Baby to Stranger She Met in Hospital
A mother in Kajiado is in agony after she lost her one and half-month-old baby to a stranger she met in hospital.
Diana Sebertei had taken her baby, Phoebe Surumbati, to Kajiado County Referral Hospital for a vaccination exercise when a woman in the pretense she was a nurse took her.
The woman whose identity was yet to be established thereafter vanished into thin air, leaving Sebertei in tears, TV 47 reported.
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