With this kind of impunity, a bleak future awaits

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 Demonstrators protesting against the high cost of living in Nairobi, Kenya on August 8,2023. PHOTO | NMG

Reports in several mainstream newspapers have indicated stagnation or even regression on issues that have plagued this country since independence.

One issue was the haemorrhaging of public resources through endless foreign and domestic travel by government officials. Every official — from Members of County Assemblies to the President — loves to travel. Ironically, the President and his deputy once castigated Cabinet members for constantly being in transit to foreign destinations. Some ministers, said “Shareholder” Gachagua, “even change clothes at the airport.”