Samburu West Member of Parliament Naisula Lesuuda has opposed the use of funerals as platforms to communicate government policies, by a section of political leaders and state officers.
Taking to her official X account on Monday, August 19, 2024, Lesuuda said that as much as government policies are supposed to be effectively communicated to the public, it should not be happening at funeral events.
Lesuuda on communicating govt agenda
She argues that there are many other appropriate forums and mediums that should be used to convey such information in detail.
“It is widely acknowledged that one of the challenges in Govt is ensuring that government policies are effectively communicated to the public. However, this does not mean that funerals should be used as platforms to communicate these policies. There are many other appropriate forums and mediums to convey such information in detail,” Lesuuda stated.
Lesuuda on empathy
Lesuuda further stated that leaders should be empathizing with grieving families instead of communicating government polices.
According to the second term KANU lawmaker, mourners are not in the right frame of mind to process policy discussions during funerals.
“At funerals, it is crucial for us leaders to empathize with the grieving families and understand that mourners are not in the right frame of mind to process policy discussions. The focus at such times should be on expressing condolences and offering support,” she said.
It is widely acknowledged that one of the challenges in Govt is ensuring that government policies are effectively communicated to the public. However, this does not mean that funerals should be used as platforms to communicate these policies.
— Naisula Lesuuda OGW (@Lesuuda) August 19, 2024
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State officers have in the recent past been accused of failing to properly communicate the government agenda to to the public.
MP Ruku on miscommunication
Mbeere North Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Geoffrey Ruku in a televised interview with K24 TV on Monday, August 12, 2024, stated that the ruling United Democratic Alliance (UDA) had lost some Cabinet slots to the opposition due to miscommunication.
According to Ruku, a section of Cabinet Secretaries and Principal Secretaries failed to communicate properly on the government agenda.
“We have a broad-based government, the term which is being used by the president, and as a result, Kenya Kwanza has lost close to 30 per cent of its executive positions. This is because of many different reasons, but for me, I am giving it to miscommunication of government agenda, information on what the government is doing and what the president is doing,” Ruku said.
State officers questioned over communication
During the vetting of President Ruto’s Cabinet Secretary nominees, some of the ministers that had been reappointed found themselves in trouble over communication.
Trade Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya was taken to task over his tenure at the Ministry of Mining and Blue Economy.
Mvurya was cornered and pressured to explain why he failed in passing communication.
“Mvurya, now it confirms what the President said that you had very poor communication because you have done great things but no Kenyan knows about it,” Deputy Speaker Gladys Shollei asked.
“On the issue of communication, I want to say that we did our best to communicate through the media and other forms, however, going forward, it is a matter that we will be able to strengthen,” Mvurya responded and assured MPs.
