Tough decisions for Kenya in next 10 days
Friday, May 29, 2020 0:01
By DENNIS KABAARA
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It was said that Covid-19 silenced Kenya’s March 2018 “handshake” and its ensuing Building Bridges to Unity Initiative (BBI).
Neither stimulus “remakes” Kenya, yet (let’s see how far the SME loan guarantee goes, and how long it stays).
Mostly, he has a chance to translate the current “spray and pray” approach into a uniquely Kenyan “remake” (not just recovery) that recognizes a trilemma (not dilemma) around lives (health, food, water and the other basics), livelihoods (opportunity, resilience and sustainability) and (least mentioned) living (the reshaping of society and our social capital in a post-Covid era).
Forget “The Purge” and “Casino Royale”, let’s delve into this “remaking Kenya” perspective next week.
