President Uhuru Kenyatta has set another date when the cost of electricity will be reviewed downwards and also sent a message of hope to Kenyans.
In his end-of-year message delivered on Friday, December 31, the Head of State noted that his initial plan to lower electricity prices is still on course as promised during his Jamhuri Day speech on December 12, 2021 at Uhuru Gardens Nairobi.
In the new plan, Kenyans are set to enjoy cheap electricity starting March 2022 in accordance with his directive.
Other promises made by Uhuru include increasing the water supply for Nairobi residents. The President noted Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS) will conclude the Northern Collector Tunnel water project that will double the water supply in the country’s capital city.
With just seven months to the end of second and final term, President Uhuru also singled out key projects set for completion before the general election slated for August 2022.
The president picking out on the Nairobi Expressway that is expected to be commissioned by April. The Kisumu Mamboleo road, Eldoret Bypass, and Kenol-Marua road project. The president also counted on the conclusion of the Mombasa port road network support project and the James Gichuru-Rironi road in Nairobi and Kiambu counties.
He also raised hope on returning on track to other programmes aimed at cementing his legacy. Earmarked for completion include his Universal Health Coverage (UHC) where Kenyans could access quality health services at an affordable rate. The president hopes to make this a reality in 2022 before he leaves office.
On Education, President Uhuru reminded learners, parents and education stakeholders of a four-term school calendar ahead. This will be characterised by two national examinations, one to be held between March -April 2022 and the other one to be held in November 2022.
Other than that, he hopes that as the Competency-Based Curriculum progresses to grade six in May this year, that 10,000 new classrooms will be ready and pave way for the transition.
Being an election year, Uhuru did not mince his words sending clear advice to electorates on the type of leaders they should pick in 2022. He urged Kenyans to pick leaders that would make bold decisions other than populists.
“Leadership is about vision; politics is about positions. Leadership is about the next generation; politics is about the next election. And our obsession with politics has only slowed down the realization of our potential as a people,” he noted.
He added, “And a politician takes the popular path that pleases everyone, but takes them nowhere. If we are to become a ‘break-out-nation’, we must follow the brave.”
On the face of justice, Uhuru also hit out at the Judiciary noting that the country must uphold a system that seeks to improve the law.
“We must continue to uphold a justice system that restores not one that merely punishes. A system that heals, not one that deepens wounds. A system that seeks to improve the law, not one enslaved by the law. More so because “…the law, without justice, is a national wound without a cure.”
