It is time again to reconnect the dots. Tax increases to fund a budget hole that implicitly assumes record revenue collection. A slight lull in the very public war on corruption as cases are presented in court. Heightened and increasingly aggressive political noise that appears to disrespect the “handshake”. A current, and arguably correct, media focus on murder most foul, and suspected murderers ‘most nasty’. These are just Kenyan headline pages.
Then there’s the quiet news. In Quarter 2 (April to June) of 2018, the economy grew by 6.3 per cent, as against 4.7 per cent in our 2017 election year. The big public question remains why everyday Kenyans aren’t feeling it.
