Presidential hopefuls have already started making promises in a bid to woo the electorate ahead of the 2022 general elections.
Aspirants eyeing the country's top seat have promised to improve the lives of Wanjiku, a u-turn from the usual mud-slinging. They promised to fight corruption, lower taxes, create employment opportunities and lower taxes
The common mwananchi is struggling to stay afloat despite facing hard economic times. This can be attributed to the adverse effect of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In June 2021, Nairobi was ranked the 20th most stressful city in the world to live in. The cities were evaluated based on governmental factors, physical environmental factors, financial stress, and health factors.
Inflation in the country has reached a record high making the cost of basic commodities unaffordable for Wanjiku.
All seem to have the same stance on corruption, the country's perennial headache. They have promised to stamp out corruption: the primary cause of the high cost of living.
They however seem to have different approaches to dealing with corruption.
One of them promised to arrest all corrupt leaders once elected president. Fighting corruption will require more than words as it is like stubborn weed grass that is well spread across government and regrows as soon as you cut it.
They, however, appear to be singing the same song on the country's high taxes which, according to them, have squeezed the last coin from the ordinary citizen.
On a separate platform, another aspirant promised to reduce taxes. How? You may ask. By reducing corruption.
The aspirants have also assured Kenyans to reduce poverty levels in the country by creating employment opportunities thus reducing the dependency ratio.
A politician making the first attempt at presidency promised to eradicate absolute poverty. He plans to do this through his new bottom-up economy model.
