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Progress over perfection 🪜👣

[Okoa Uchumi @OkoaUchumi_KE]

We can’t keep starving education and healthcare while billions bleed out on loans we never use ,while the government burns billions on administrative failure.

The Controller of Budget’s May 2026 report reveals Kenya wasted Sh13.92 billion in nine months on commitment fees, penalties, and charges for undrawn loans. Can you imagine!

Instead, schools go unfunded while lenders collect penalties on idle money sitting unused because Treasury borrows for projects without even informing implementing ministries.

Kenyans deserve better stewardship of every borrowed shilling.

📖 Full article: https://t.co/LhVJsL9LZ0

[Okoa Uchumi @OkoaUchumi_KE]

Okoa Uchumi Campaign appeared before the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning to make submissions on Finance Bill 2026.

The proposed Bill introduces measures that could make mobile money transactions more expensive, increase taxes on phones, remove incentives for digital jobs, and raise compliance burdens on small businesses and informal traders. At a time when families are already struggling with the high cost of living, Kenya needs a tax system that is fair, transparent, and supportive of economic opportunity.

With 87% of Kenyans depending on mobile money and youth unemployment at 35%, this is not the moment to increase the cost of digital access or remove the few incentives keeping young people in the formal economy.We are calling on Parliament to review the Bill and ensure that revenue measures do not come at the expense of financial inclusion, youth employment, MSMEs, and access to essential digital services.

A sustainable economy is built on fairness, accountability, and shared prosperity, not increasing the burden on the ordinary wananchi.

Read the full submission here: https://t.co/l5ktccO1OQ

[@TisaKenya @TISAKenya]

Team at Amnesty International Kenya!

Congratulations on your 65th anniversary and on the appointment of George Morara as the new Executive Director.

As The Institute for Social Accountability, we are proud to see one of our board members take up this important leadership role at such a critical time for human rights, governance, and public accountability. We believe this appointment will continue to strengthen the collective struggle for justice, civic freedoms, and accountable leadership in Kenya and beyond.

We wish Morara and the Amnesty Kenya team great success as you mark this important milestone and begin this new chapter.

Congratulations Amnesty, Morara, and Happy #Amnesty65.

[Okoa Uchumi @OkoaUchumi_KE]

Our panel moderator Angela Wangechi, Program Officer @TISAKenya posed a critical question that cuts to the heart of Kenya's current fiscal struggles:
“Who is paying the taxes, and who is feeling the warmth of the budget, who is benefiting ?”

To understand how our current national budget choices impact you and what this reveals about fiscal equity in Kenya, watch the full conversation here:
https://t.co/4pgMRDvnIA

What say you, are you feeling the warmth of this Finance Bill 2026, fellow taxpayer?

[@TisaKenya @TISAKenya]

Maendeleo, Education,na Kazi where does the money go?The FY2026/27 Budget Estimates are out. 🇰🇪 Join us tomorrow as from 8 am to 2 pm for a Multisectoral Budget Townhall. We aren't reading numbers; we're questioning survival. Live on X & YouTube.

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

RT @TISAKenya: We are witnessing a dangerous loop of Constitutional Mimicry: The political class designs a budget destined for a deficit, t…

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

RT @TISAKenya: "Initially, the budget was a very difficult, closed process. Today, the power is with us but power without information is ju…

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

@nyorude Thank you so much for being part of this great conversation…

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

Bottom line: Ambitions for job creation must be matched by accountability. Without it, the most vulnerable are left behind. We must continue sustained engagement at every level. #FiscalJustice @IMFNews @WorldBank

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

Representing @TisaKenya at the #SpringMeetings2026 in D.C. has reinforced one thing: Global financial decisions directly shape service delivery and the cost of living back home

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

The Financing for Development agenda is moving too slowly. Developing countries need a stronger voice in international tax cooperation and debt restructuring. Private creditors must also step up.

[@TisaKenya @TISAKenya]

We are LIVE 🔴

What does the National Infrastructure Fund Act mean for Kenya and for you?

Join Africa Uncensored, @KenyaCommsHub, @BungeLaMayut, @TISAKenya and @ExpertiseKE as we break down the Act’s intent and what it could mean for our shared national assets now and into the future.
If you’re not in the room, catch the conversation live here: https://t.co/o5Wu3eUhUq
#TheBigPictureTownhall #InfrastructureFund

[Maskani Ya Taifa 🇰🇪 @Maskani254]

A new audit has exposed costly blunders in the Thwake Dam, with taxpayers set to lose at least, KSh 12.4 billion as the project stalls.

The dam,meant to transform livelihoods in lower Eastern Kenya through water supply, irrigation, and power,has instead been hit by delays, poor planning, and implementation failures, raising serious accountability concerns.

This is yet another case of mega projects draining public funds while citizens wait for promised impact.

#AccountabilityKE #StopCorruption #PublicFinance

Via @TheStarKenya

[Ademba Allans @Ademba_47]

,@IEBCKenya hiii ndo kazi ilikua inawalemea?????

[@TisaKenya @TISAKenya]

#Thread
During the Symposium on Constitutionalism, Term Limits and Public Debt Accountability in Africa, we convened a panel hosted by Angela Wangechi on Executive Power and Public Debt Accountability.

The discussion unpacked how concentrated executive authority continues to shape borrowing decisions often sidelining oversight and weakening public scrutiny at a time when rising debt poses real risks to governance and intergenerational equity.

Key concerns included gaps in transparency, limited public participation, misuse of supplementary budgets, and the growing treatment of debt as a revenue source.

The takeaway was clear: strengthening constitutionalism, transparency, and active citizen engagement is critical to ensuring accountable public debt management and safeguarding future generations.

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

Key concerns:
• Misuse of supplementary budgets
• Debt treated as revenue
• Opaque financial mechanisms (PPPs, securitisation)
Bottom line: Accountability, transparency, and active citizen engagement are non-negotiable for sustainable public finance.
#PublicDebt #Governance

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

Day 2 of the Symposium on Constitutionalism & Public Debt Accountability focused on the deepening debt crisis and its impact on governance & intergenerational equity.
I moderated a panel on Executive Power & Public Debt

[Wangechi @AngelaWangech]

I moderated a panel on Executive Power & Public Debt Accountability, highlighting how concentrated power, weak oversight, and limited transparency shape borrowing decisions.

#PublicDebt #Governance #Accountability