President William Ruto will be better advised to focus on real issues of the economy and people's well-being if Kenyans are to be lifted from the economic quagmire we find ourselves in.
It's important to state from the onset that his will be a daunting task because we are dealing with rot brought about by inertia, neglect and corruption that has existed for 60 or so years.
I always equate the damage caused to our economy and social fabric to climate change. The solution does not lie in the feel-good attitude the majority want to exhibit when demanding ready coffee.
A lot of things will have to give and comfort zones will have to be disrupted. Kenya, it is said, is a land where a few richer-than-the-country individuals oppose anything and everything that disrupts the status quo.
The President, therefore, must know that he's dealing with a deeply entrenched hegemony created by oligarchs who will not easily bulge.
Yet their stranglehold on the economy must be destroyed and levelled if the huge disparity currently existing between the top economic echelon and lower cadre is to be bridged.
We can't continue on the path of inequality and hope to build a cohesive nation. The wealthy are driving the prices of things such as land to near sky level.
Social protection programmes such as affordable housing and stipends for the old and vulnerable in society go a long way in directly bringing positive impacts in this endeavour.
We must also never give in to corruption, both in public and private spaces. As a country and a people, we cannot be budgeting with corruption as a cost element.
The matatu sector is charging highly to feed corrupt traffic officers. Contractors are cajoled to quote specific figures to quench the greedy appetite of procurement people and the list is endless.
The net effect is that we are creating a very unequal nation where the cost of living is beyond the majority.
