Uhuru Kenyatta built roads, rail but piled a whole load of debt

President Uhuru Kenyatta flagging off Kenya’s SGR phase 2A from Nairobi to Suswa on October 16, 2019 that was to terminate in Kisumu. FILE PHOTO | NMG

On April 9, 2013, newly sworn-in President Uhuru Kenyatta pledged to “lead all Kenyans, those who voted for me and those who voted for our competitors” towards national prosperity firmly rooted in a rich and abiding peace.

Close to a decade later, he has achieved some of these goals but he is leaving his successor to deal with a huge burden of debt and unhappy taxpayers already battling a galloping cost of living.