Uhuru’s speech on state of nation skirts around crucial issues
Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta's gives the State of the Nation address in Parliament on November 12, 2020. The country is reeling under the weight of Covid-19 infections and deaths, but his speech had little on what is still considered an international emergency. PHOTO | PSCU
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta’s State of the Nation speech on Thursday stood out for what it did not address.
The country is reeling under the weight of Covid-19 infections and deaths, especially in October and November but the speech had little on what is still considered an international emergency, or even the ray of hope in the recently announced vaccine by Pfizer and BioNtech.
