In my analysis, the “trickle down theory” [modernization approach to development] of development never worked as it was thought and the outcome was rural areas lost out to urban areas. Agricultural development-sector-lagged behind industrial development-sector. As this continued industries was increasingly becoming more and more capital intensive thereby rendering many people unemployed? This contributed greatly to crisis of unemployment in Kenya promoting former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime to introduce Kazi Mtaani to remedy the situation.
However, President William Ruto regime envisages to reverse this trend by withdrawing subsidies from consumption and subsidize production-disincentives and incentives respectively-to contain the rural push & the urban pull phenomena, and trigger the rural pull, hence, enhance agricultural development; the backbone of Kenya’s economy. In my view.