Let’s face it, Kenya is very thoroughly lost at sea

Kenyan governors at a past devolution conference. Devolution has not delivered the revolution it was meant to. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP

A while ago, a poll by Infotrak showed that a majority of Kenyans thought the country was headed in the wrong direction.

This would seem to confirm what anecdotal evidence was suggesting. Our national voyage seems rudderless, and without a clear destination. Our national ship sails in rough seas, lashed by the huge waves of divided government, epic thievery, tribalism, crime, joblessness and poverty.