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.
However, if the belief is that an administration is failing or that its leadership does not care about the welfare of the public, then people will try to undercut at every turn. Under these conditions, policy implementation becomes much harder and is always met with high levels of public suspicion.
