Uhuru's Political Scene Analysis

Kenya’s political scene has been a spectacle to closely follow because of the volatile situation it is currently experiencing. After the heavily contested 2013 elections that saw Uhuru Kenyatta narrowly become the president of Kenya, the political scene has been so volatile with a lot of changes and advancements from the most formidable oppositions. Uhuru Kenyatta who became the president of the country via the The National Alliance political party has had a tough time as president as a result of the unwavering criticism he has gotten from his opposition. Projects that are being embarked on by Uhuru’s government has been totally scrutinized by Raila Odinga who is the opposition leader. Every shortcoming of Uhuru’s government has been totally
However, the Labour court ordered the Kenyan teachers to go back to work and let dialogue continue. The government claims that the demands of the teachers are outrageous because they are not affordable. According to Uhuru Kenyatta, “Over 50 per cent of what government collects now goes to paying salaries and with the new demands, we will be at over 60 per cent. What is going to be left for development?” (Okoth 1). Uhuru claims that the government cannot afford the requests of the teacher organisations and pleaded with the teachers to be empathetic with the government and make requests that are feasible. The teachers view the situation in a different light citing that the government can clearly afford the money. According to Wilson Sossion who is the Kenya National Union of Teachers secretary-general, “the demand by teachers is affordable since the government would still earn Sh300 million in taxes from the money used to implement the pay rise” (Okoth 1). The major opposition party, the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy party responded to the teachers strike by supporting the teachers in their strike and making sure they are not forced into bulging into the government requirements. CORD decided to take an
Recently, the Kenyan government decided to allow Ugandan sugar imports to the country. According to Uhuru, the decision was inspired with the aim of improving intra-african trade. Uhuru stated that allowing sugar importation into the country would be really helpful as the deficit for sugar would be offset. On the report of Aly Khan Satchua, an East Africa focused market analyst, “Kenya has a perennial sugar deficit. It makes sense therefore to source the deficit directly from our biggest trading partner” (Nakweesi 1). Aly claims that trading with Uganda was a very good move for the government since Uganda was a very good trading partner and one that could easily offset the deficit Kenya was facing. Uhuru’s opposition have totally rejected the idea of allowing the importation of sugar from Uganda. The leader of the party, Raila Odinga, claims that the importation of sugar from Uganda is detrimental to the economy of the country. As quoted by the Daily nation newspaper, Raila said, “It comes at a time when Kenya’s leading sugar manufacturer Mumias Sugar is struggling to get back on its feet. Sugarcane farmers across the country are equally struggling as a result of lack of payments” (Otuki 1). Raila claims that the importation of sugar is a terrible move from the government when the indigenous sugar producers were struggling to produce sugar to meet demands of the people. Raila did what was expected from