Daniel Njaga
Daniel Njaga

@dnjaga1

7 Tweets 2 reads Jul 27, 2021
Fellow Kenyans, we are missing a big point on the bottoms-up economics.
We are debating it as if the question is the merits or demerits of an economic model.
There is nothing wrong with the idea.
There is something eerily uneasy when poachers draw a plan to secure elephants
We cannot remove the idea from its ownership.
How is this different from the Jubilee manifesto of 2013 โ€“ also cobbled together by scholars?
The laptops offer, world-class stadiums, security for allโ€ฆ.
All those lies remain colorfully attractive in the manifesto
Secondly, why are we excited by a new name for the same concept? The model means asking the hustlers โ€“ the mama mboga, the boda boda, the shoe makers etc what they want.
So that the government can fashion economic policies to suit those needs.
BUT without any COMMITMENT
This is what is called public participation. But there is no binding obligation that what hustlers recommend will be effected. In which case bottoms-up model is just a feel happy promise to excite voters that โ€œwataunda serikaliโ€
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Let us see through the lies. We are debating economic ideas to shift our attention from the more pressing questions - the integrity of the leaders promising this model.
People who have lied openly and shamelessly and consistently in the past, would they stop now?
Apologists of this political faction have repeatedly drawn parallels with Mwai Kibaki. That he was an ineffective VP and only rose "to make a difference" when he became President.
Lies and more lies. Kibaki had no integrity questions hanging over him. Nor performance doubts.
Let us stop pretending that by discussing this issue we are being issue-based. We are just being blinded
Let us remain guarded- the problem with bottoms-up economics is not the idea.
It is the proponents. BECAUSE WE CANNOT LISTEN TO A PROPOSAL BY HYENAS ON HOW TO GUARD THE SHEEP

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