Milk crisis has exposed a government running on excuses

Vote hunt • Presidential contenders are going around trying to court the opinionated and energetic Gen Z voting bloc, observes Taabu Tele. Waxing prophetic, he says: “Until they understand this demographic came of age in austerity, graduated into a pandemic and entered adulthood shaped by technology and not ethnicity, electoral thunder and lightning awaits them in August 2027.” ([email protected])

Shameful talk • Those who tell us they have superior brainpower will no doubt say no to the nonsense UDA Secretary-General Omar Hassan spewed regarding dead voters, says Githuku Mungai. “They have to remove Mr Omar from his position. Failure to do so will leave us to conclude that they are happy with what he said.” His contact is [email protected].

Pulpit politics • Nothing disgusts Joseph Macharia more than watching clergy sit and listening as politicians campaign and preach division and empty rhetoric inside churches, he says. “What happened to the directive by the Catholic and Anglican churches’ leadership that politicians will only be allowed to wave to the congregation inside their churches?” His contact is [email protected].

Poor planning • The milk crisis has exposed a government running on excuses, says Yabesh Onwonga. “Blaming lack of fodder due to drought is a convenient half-truth; the real problem is the crippling cost of production. As MP Gathoni Wamuchomba points out, farmers are being priced out of their own livelihoods while policymakers focus on symptoms. This is not bad luck; it is shoddy planning.”

Weather signs • Has anyone else noticed a surge in mosquitoes around Nairobi? asks university don XN Iraki. “Is this a predictor of rain or El Niño just as the appearance of white butterflies recently predicted that the dry season was about to end? Over to entomologists, meteorological department and traditional rainmakers for an explanation!” His contact is [email protected].