On May 1, China opened its entire market to 53 African countries duty-free, no reciprocity. Twenty days in, Kenya's trade machinery has not produced a sectoral plan. That gap is the story.
The TIFA poll is being read two ways and both readings are right. UDA has collapsed by 21 points, but a fragmented opposition could still hand Ruto a second term.
Kenya's fractured opposition risks handing 2027 to the incumbent. Without a credible coalition-building process, the arithmetic simply doesn't work.
The AU's summit culture produces declarations without delivery. Africa needs binding accountability mechanisms, not more communiqués.
Kenya's Gen Z protesters changed the political landscape. Now the harder work begins: building governing capacity to match their mobilisation power.
