Take Criticism Positively And Make Corrections, Meru Opinion Leader Tells State
Eric Mutwiri
By Dennis Dibondo
An opinion leader from Meru has urged the government to take criticism positively and make corrections instead of resulting in abductions.
Erick Mutwiri who unsuccessfully vied for North Imenti parliamentary seat said he is concerned by recent abductions in the country.
“The conversation has diminished abit and it might look like the issue has faded away but they still have a lot of concern because of the energy the government is spending a lot of energy on listening and silencing the critics which paint a very bad picture of the government that is not ready to make corrections,” Mutwiri said.
“We have a generation of young people who are very exposed and abit different because of the technology and they are able to do even comparison of how the country is fairing on compared to other countries and expect alot from leaders and do not want to be shortchanged,” Mutwiri said.
He said Gen Z want to see actual development that gets them job opportunities because most are jobless.
He challenged the government to move with speed and scout for ideas and innovation to transform from the young people instead of resulting in abductions.
Mutwiri said Kenya should borrow a leaf from developed countries like the USA,China and Japan and tap youthful talents.
“The government should not be investing million buying spying technology to monitor youths it should instead channel that money to talent search and innovation development or incubation centers. Here when ayoung man tries to make an helicopter and it takes off a few metres and crash we make fun of it ,” Mutwiri said.
He said the abductions are similar to what happened in the 90s and shows the country is retracting in terms of democratic space.
On economic growth in the country where it is projected the inflation has gone down, Mutwiri said the economy is doing badly as many companies are closing down because of overtaxation.
“The cost of living has become even unbearable and even the Mama Mboga and Boda Boda operators are feeling the pinch because the purchasing power of Kenyans has gone down,”
Mutwiri, an economist by profession, said multilateral banks like the World Bank have a way of projecting good figures for countries that are cooperating with them.
“The issue of economic propaganda is not new. Earlier in 1990s the world bank had introduced austerity measures as a means to lend developing countries. There were countries that refused to take loans and Ghana accepted it was painted by World Bank books to be doing very well so that other Africa countries can accept to opt in but later on it was discovered the Ghana economy was collapsing.
He said the best indicators for economic performance are human development index and social development index.
“May be even Tanzania is doing well than Kenya but the World Bank may never want be project that way,”
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