It’s been slightly over a year since President William Ruto’s government took office.
His party, UDA, was clear about the onerous task they inherited from the administration of Uhuru Kenyatta.
The new team was very categorical they understood the job and had the tools to deliver.
Kenyatta was painted as a reckless monarch addicted to borrowing without a cogent plan to grow the economy. A large swathe of voters were won over.
Jubilee, which had turned into a house of babel without an enthusiastic leader and with politicians in a free for all, was a thing of the past.
But looks like the more things change, the more they remain the same.
Ethnic mobilisation has started, engineered by politicians who have already junked the pledges they made only months ago. For the likes of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, every stop at a trading centre is a time to campaign. It's time to call for unity.
Bickering and incendiary speeches have drowned out the focus on the economy and the drive to create jobs.
Clinical officers have been on strike for two months. Junior secondary school teachers have been on the streets. Farmers have complained about the quality of fertiliser.
We do not doubt President Ruto's dedication to his job. But he cannot deliver alone. His team must read from the same page.
Quote of the day: "Youth is happy because it has the capacity to see beauty. Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old."
Franz Kafka
The German-speaking writer and novelist from Prague died on June 3, 1924
