The 2013 General Election ushered the Jubilee administration to power against the backdrop of monumental challenges that threatened its survival.

As Kenya awaits the decision by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keriako Tobiko on whether he will sustain or dismiss prosecution against Government officials who allegedly stole Sh800 million in the National Youth Service (NYS) scandal, it is imperative we interrogate the mandate of this critical office against public expectations, which in my opinion, continues to soar unfulfilled.

Mandated to promote national unity, advocate for the rule of law and enhance national security, the President’s actions must be measurable.

From delayed salaries to lack of coherent administrative structures that can oversee performance, effect promotions and enforce institutional discipline, it seems healthcare infrastructure in the counties is facing imminent collapse.

The illegal occupation of Mau Forest in the Rift Valley and how eviction should be done is one of the hot button issues of our time. Politicians address it for convenience purposes depending on their political interests.

Perhaps the most troubling question on the minds of Kenyans and Jubilee administration at the moment is whether Kenya Defense Force (KDF) should or should not withdraw from Somalia.

In uncharacteristic approach as he initiated yet another slum upgrading project in Mkuru Kwa Njenga, Korogocho and Mathare; President Uhuru Kenyatta challenged cabinet secretaries in his government to go to the grassroots and “come face to face with the challenges facing average Kenyans.”

In her enduring writings that shaped the world's understanding of grief, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a Swiss-American psychiatrist opined that "The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known struggle, known loss and have found out their way out of those depths."

The just released report by the US Senate commission of Inquiry into the CIA torture claims in the aftermath of 9/11 terror attack, cast US’s spy agency in darkness in the wake of non-conventional practices it deployed in arresting, interrogating and holding terror suspects.

Diaspora Constituency comprising of millions of Kenyans living abroad remains the most powerful yet barely exploited resource for Kenya. Christened “48th County” by President Uhuru Kenyatta, Diaspora Constituency holds tremendous promise for social, economic and political transformation of our mother land of Kenya.

President Uhuru Kenyatta and deputy president William Ruto on Tuesday nominated four out of 18 cabinet secretaries.