The extreme inequality the country is facing despite having recorded impressive economic growth since 2005 has a historical root. When Kenya got independence, we adopted an economic model that was capitalist in nature and not far from what colonialists had perpetuated, allowing a small group of rich people to control a huge chunk of our economy.
There has been a lack of strong deliberate policy interventions to avert this unfortunate scenario, which we have instead nurtured over the years pushing the country into a deeper crisis that has in recent years threatened to rupture the nation. It is this inequality that is shaping our political discourse today without any clear outcome.
