ODHIAMBO: Leaders must define our destiny beyond ethnicity

For years, ethnic patronage and shortsighted policies corroded Kenya’s institutions, leaving a legacy of inequality.

by ELISHA ODHIAMBO

News16 March 2025 - 14:10

In Summary

Critics obsess over the turbulence of his reforms—protests, fiscal austerity and teething problems of ambitious programmes like the Social Health Insurance Fund.
Yet too few acknowledge the magnitude of his task: rebuilding a house whose foundation was eroded by generations of mismanagement.

President William Ruto interacts with patients during the inspection of Dagoretti Sub-county Hospital, Mutuini, Nairobi county. With him is Deputy President Kithure Kindiki /EDWARD ALUSA/PCS

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