jubilee first 100 days in office

Kenya marked 100 days on 28^th June2013 since the Jubilee Government took office and yet the 100-day promises have not been realised. The free laptop promise and job employments for the youth have so far not been realised however the UhuRuto Government has fared on to implement the free maternity healthcare for the women.

The government in its first days has however managed to appoint cabinet secretaries and their assistants in accordance to the constitution and all have gone through the vetting process as required. However, the permanent secretaries have also been appointed based on their experience and this is quite a good move for the new government. It is however important to note that some of the Kenyatta’s appointees never applied for the positions but managed to get appointed by the two leaders, Uhuru and Ruto.

However the Government has had some setbacks as the elected members of parliament demanded for a salary increase immediatelt they took office and even voted unimously for the bill that could grant them a salary hike, a move that i believe will be the order of the day of the other cicil servants. Currently, the teachers have followed suit and are on strike that their leaders term as ,’the mother of all strikes.’ The teachers are demanding for a salary and allowance increase and the other civil servants are threatening to do so.

It is however sad to notice that the TJRC Report by Bethwell Kiplagat has been tempered with because it cointains some senior state officials names. This move by the State house to edit the report, is just but a sighn that the report may not be implemented at all.

The government leaders have however taken  a quater of these 100 days, transversing the continent seeking for sympathy from the African leaders instead of working towards implementing their manifesto.They have managed to convince the African Union to side with them cocerning the cases being brought to East Africa for trials or even withdrawing the country from the Rome Statute, a move that has been rejected by most leaders.