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Kenya Kwanza has clearly lost narrative wars

UDA party merges with Musalia Mudavadi's ANC to form a unified political party. [PCS]

It is now clear that the Kenya Kwanza administration has completely lost the war of narratives about its performance. Narratives matter for creating common knowledge about the true state of the world.

For example, if everyone believes that an administration cares about their personal well-being, they are likely to give public officials the benefit of the doubt and patiently try to do their part in making administration policies work.

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