In a surprise twist, virtually all top coastal leaders met in Nairobi recently ostensibly to chart the way forward in engagements with President William Ruto.
With no tangible benefit, workers took a 4 per cent pay cut. Employers too have taken a hit, forced to contribute a like amount. These punitive measures should not go unquestioned.
It is high time we breathed new life into the alliance of civil society, academia, the professions and the public to keep an eye on government action or inaction.
Going by previous physical attacks by politicians, this infraction is actually minor. There are cases of politicians accused of murder walking scot-free.
Activists have gone to court to challenge the Housing Tax wrongly named a levy. Workers forced to carry the burden of Dr Ruto’s dream are especially unhappy about it.
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