In my analytical empirical point of view, President Uhuru Kenyatta, and his deputy, Dr William Ruto, had or are pursuing different economic ideologies, macroeconomic and microeconomics respectively. Thus, apparent rift.
Let start with President Kenyatta’s latest projects. Sh 10 billion Kenya Marine Fisheries Social-Economic he launched in Mombasa in month of June, and 233 km Rironi-Nakuru-Mau Summit he signed with President Emmanuel Macron of France at Elysee Palace in Paris on July 1, 2021. They all fits in macroeconomics-that focuses on the sum total of economic activity, dealing with the issues of growth, inflation, and unemployment and with national policies relating to these issues premised on primary level of production. This will enhance his legacy.
While Deputy President William Ruto’s bottom-up model invoking mamma mboga, boda boda with a symbol of wheelbarrow depicting incentives fits the definition of microeconomics-focuses on firms individuals premised on tertiary level of production. This, to Ruto will whip-up voters for his 2022 presidency stab.