Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has blamed Kenya’s troubles on poor leadership and management, stating that most of the country’s challenges have little to do with a lack of money.
Speaking at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Thursday night upon his return from the United States, Matiang’i said Kenya has enough capable leaders and called on all citizens to unite and work toward finding solutions.
“Half of our problems have nothing to do with money; they have to do with management and leadership. We are better people, we have sufficient capacity in the country to manage the country better and let us all now cross hands, come together and focus on the solution to the problems, not people, not anything,” he said.
Matiang’i, who returned after formally resigning from his role at the World Bank, emphasised the need for unity regardless of political affiliations, saying national challenges do not discriminate.
“The problems we have do not discriminate. People are suffering, whether you are supporting the party in power or the parties out of power. The challenges cut across, and that is the reason why we should do everything we can to ensure the survival of our country, and we focus on ensuring we change the lives of our people,” he said.
The former Interior CS added that he was deeply pained by the situation in the country and urged Kenyans to engage each other constructively.
“I am, of course, pained by the things that are happening in our country, and we don’t have to go through this. We are all one family in our country; however, you think or play your politics, our country must always be one country, one family, and we must always find a way of engaging one another. Sometimes it’s about the lives of our people, the security and stability of our country,” he said.
Matiang’i assured Kenyans that he is committed to finding lasting solutions and playing a unifying role moving forward.
“I want to assure you, and you can trust me, that I am going to spend all my time on this. I want to see how we can find solutions to challenges that we face,” he added.
