Vital Lessons for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Administration.

The Supreme Court’s ruling validating the late Mzee Jomo Kenyatta’s son as the fourth elected president of the republic of Kenya - ushers in a complex of issues that will require both short and long term panaceas as he begins his new term under the new constitution which  has to be jealously protected -  already we are seeing the legislators groan about their pay perks even before they start serving Kenyans and even talking about amending the law to phase off the salaries and remuneration commission  , we are also foreseeing a tussle  between the appointed  provincial administration and the elected county governors clash over roles and  mandate  i guess the courts will  have a field day in interpreting the constitution and ensuring its implemented to the letter, these and the numerous election manifesto promises  form part of the seen and unforeseen  challenges that lie ahead of him.

At 51 years of age Uhuru becomes one of Africa’s youngest leaders which is a departure from the past and some current African regimes,  he has approximately ten years   to show Kenyans that he is not a ‘George Bush Junior’ advancing the seniors policies in the middle East during the Gulf war he can actually challenge us and prove his political  nemesis  wrong by fighting the elephant in Kenyan politics christened Tribalism that  has over time, been perpetuated by  the Kenyan plutocrats at the expense of their humble and hardworking  bourgeoisie  and proletariat tribesmen  for their own imperialist interest. To quote our fallen father of  economics one (Adam Smith, 1776), we get our daily bread not for the kindness of the baker but for the bakers desire to make money we are just but unintended by product of the bakers greed in simple terms if there was a means to which the ruling class could expand their imperialist cum capitalist thoughts without having to go to polls and trooping their ethnic communities around them they could as well do away with their votes, the message here is for the president to move with speed and heal the disgruntled voices in the regions that did not vote for him and pursue willfully  both social welfare and development economics which the new constitution has clearly outlined and walk the nation to the  path of prosperity this not only creates harmony and stability in the republic but averts an  alawitism state of affairs where minority groups are funded by foreign interest to destabilize  the country , it must be noted that rich nations are only interested in having the poor countries remain poor by taking advantages of their divisions , take a look at the Syrian quagmire and quandary between the Alawites and the Sunni Muslims and the role of the West in that everlasting christened religious war. Back home we still have to deal with threats from Al shabab , the Mombasa republican Council Separist group and the Mungiki Sect  just to name but a few if not fully addressed could degenerate into fanatic and harmful groups.

In the wake of globalization where understanding geopolitics is a virtue worth emulating in this step i wish to salute the president elect for having made contacts with the BRICS when the IEBC announced that he had won the presidency however my earlier article on this blog titled “Demystifying Obamas  in Presidency Africa” generally explains the pros and cons  of dealing with the worlds two  emerging economic blocs the Bretton Woods Policies and the Brics Policies , for a number of years the bretton woods institutions having been preaching palliative economics and advancing David Ricardo’s comparative advantage Textbook economics which do not favor  poor countries rich in mineral resources  and raw materials .we  have seen how harsh textbook economic  donor conditions messed our economy in the early 90s  and what benefit  emulative economics can do to an economy in terms of embracing technology ,diversity  in innovations  a case in point is how MPESA has transformed our economy by creating jobs , this is what the new president should focus on  inter alia.