Kipkoech Tanui: There are certain things we had predicted before, and they are all coming to fruition. We said by virtue of their triumph, Uhuru and Ruto would soon enough realise how difficult it is to fulfil their big promises against our rising levels of consumption of public funds because of increased expenditure from the new institutions and commissions created by the Constitution, and of course legendary greed. Worse still for the pair, the previous regime handed them a huge public debt, mainly from the Chinese and the roads we glorify Mr Mwai Kibaki for, and the onerous burden of implementing the Constitution in full. It was therefore natural that after election, as reality strikes, the issues of unimplemented pay deal with teachers dating back to 1997 would come in. Doctors and nurses too would follow as civil servants. Note that there is nothing more binding among the working class, far beyond political affiliation, tribe and grade in the employment ladder, than the issues of the stomach. That is where we are today; with Uhuru and Ruto beset with intricacy of balancing the interests of, or even appeasing the public workforce, while confronting the number one monster Kibaki might never have quite told them he left without slaying.
Posted on: Sun, 18 Aug 2013 10:12:32 +0000
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