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Ruto must intervene and save his pet programmes
The Social Health Authority building in Nairobi.
Healthcare woes • President William Ruto should personally intervene to save one of his pet programmes, the provision of healthcare, says Lincoln E. Oyigo. “He should look into the challenges facing the new Social Health Insurance Fund. Many Kenyans are suffering as the Social Health Authority can’t ensure they get quality services in public hospitals.” His contact is [email protected].
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Irrelevant • President Ruto’s political thinktanks often make mistakes on a variety of issues, says David Githae. The Kenya Kwanza manifesto on the bottom-up approach, he declares, has become quite irrelevant. “Disbelief and commotion are palpable throughout. Will he use the same manifesto to seek re-election in 2027 or will he come up with a new game plan?” His contact is [email protected].
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Never learn • The rains that have pounded Nairobi in recent days, causing devastating flooding in some of the residential areas and other places, are just a grim reminder that most Kenyans never learn from grave past incidents, says Jotham Ndung’u. “This is now a wake-up call to the city county government to fix the poor drainage once and for all.” His contact is [email protected].
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Mother tongue • Teachers shouldn’t discourage their young charges from speaking their indigenous languages in school, says Mwangi wa Karuga. “Mother tongue should remain our pride and identity and enable us to cherish our traditional culture. It’s absurd to find so many young adults, who can hardly communicate in their local languages.” His contact is [email protected].
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Shaming country • Since last June’s Gen Z protests in which 60 young people were killed by police and several hundreds injured, some families still do not know the whereabouts of their kin, notes Jim Webo. “These enforced disappearances badly shame our country, which has an efficient judicial system. They should have been taken to court, tried and jailed or set free if they could not be convicted.”
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