Yes, go slow on 'govertisement' and become pragmatic for once.

Archbishop of Nyeri, Anthony Muheria delivers his sermon at Consolata Cathedral in Nyeri on December 25, 2024. His message to Kenyans is that, "No hope is deceiving! [FILE/Standard]

Nyeri Archbishop Anthony Muheria’s recent admonition of the government, urging it to eschew rhetoric and become pragmatic as well as proactive, raised Kisumu Town MP Peter Kaluma's hackles.

Muheria, while decrying the worsening health crisis in the country over Social Health Authority’s (SHA) failure, urged the government to stop turning into a ‘govertisement’ agency and do what is required of it. Kaluma’s beef is that when the government is quiet, it is accused of doing nothing, yet when it outlines its programmes to the people, it is accused of advertisement. What will President William Ruto ever do that we will find acceptable, he ruminates.

There are three operative words in this context; 'advertise',...