Simon Gako 🇰🇪😏

William Ruto is no longer running a government; he is running a presidential franchise of fictional destinations. First, it was Bottom-Up. Then Singapore. Now America. Apparently, the only thing this administration has managed to take to the next level is the altitude of its lies. But here is the problem, Mr (PR)esident: WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE BOTTOM-UP YOU SOLD US! We were promised jobs. We got unemployment dressed up in government statistics. We were promised affordable living. We got a cost-of-living crisis. We were promised economic liberation. We got more taxes, more borrowing and a government seemingly convinced that the solution to every financial problem is to reach deeper into our pockets. And now you want to take us past America? “Sir”, some of us are struggling to get past the 15th of the month! Singapore did not become Singapore because Lee Kuan Yew woke up one morning and announced that he would defeat America. America did not become America through presidential motivational speeches. These countries were built through institutions, discipline, competence, investment and results. Things that cannot be substituted with roadside declarations and presidential theatrics. The most insulting thing about these promises is not even their absurdity. It is the assumption that we are so politically gullible that you can keep changing the destination while never accounting for why we haven't arrived at the first one. You sold us Bottom-Up. You delivered Bottomless Debt. You promised Singapore. You are now advertising America. At this rate, the only thing your administration is successfully transforming is the art of moving goalposts. Mr (PR)esident, we don't need you to make Kenya better than America. We need you to make Kenya better than the Kenya you inherited, and better than the Kenya we are currently struggling to survive in. Stop giving us geographical fantasies. Give us measurable results. A country cannot eat a vision, pay rent with a slogan or educate its children with a presidential promise. And to Kenyans, the time has come to stop applauding presidential ambition and start demanding presidential performance. We must stop allowing grand promises to reset the national conversation every time the previous ones collapse. We are citizens, not an audience at a motivational seminar. This is our country, not your political experiment, William. We must demand answers, demand accountability and, when the time comes, exercise our democratic power without fear or sentiment. Mr (PR)esident, we have heard your destinations. We have memorised your slogans. Now show us the results. If you cannot deliver the Kenya you promised, spare us the America you are dreaming about. WE ARE DONE BUYING DREAMS ON CREDIT! #Wantam Sincerely yours, Quincy “Sifuna” Wandera