Treasury CS John Mbadi has proposed KSh 3.9 billion as stipends for village elders. Let us be clear: nobody is dismissing the role village elders play in communities. They are important in local administration, conflict resolution and community mobilization.
But KSh 3.9 billion? In this economy?
Hospitals have no medicine. Patients are being told to buy gloves, syringes and basic drugs from outside. Teachers are underpaid, understaffed and overworked. Schools are struggling. Youth are jobless. SMEs are collapsing. Farmers are broke.
So how does a government look at all these national emergencies and decide that KSh 3.9 billion for village elders is the urgent priority?
This is not budgeting. This is political tokenism dressed as public service. It is money being pushed to the grassroots, not to solve structural problems, but to create loyalty networks ahead of political battles.
Are we serious as a country, or are we just watching public money being organized for politics in broad daylight?
Pursuant to Standing Order 53(1), I have sought a Statement from the Senate Committee on Energy regarding the reported non-disclosure of beneficial ownership in the sale of Kenya Pipeline Company shares.
Kenyans deserve transparency, accountability, and full disclosure on transactions involving strategic national assets. Public interest must always come before private gain.
#AccountabilityFirst
@MwangoCapital Does this include the railway terminal linking the Airport to the CBD? Serious Airports around the World have this in place to ease movement of goods and people to and fro.
Kama itakaa hivi, it is most welcome.
A business neighbour who sells furniture was hit with a 40M KES tax demand.
Her PB rose so high she was admitted.
I don't know what's happening to this country.
The beyond-elasticity of law @KRACorporate board (led by chairman Ndiritu Muriithi) took to sweeten @PSCKenya into obvious nod for Adan Mohammed’s pick as KRA-CG. It’s telling how KRA, with mandate to appoint its CEO, have to purport to beg PSC to hire its CEO. Read the bloated lies about the candidates ability. Indeed, we are under a bandit leadership. As a country, we lost it long time ago. Hope the good people of Laikipia are reading …
🧵Nairobi has a comprehensive roadmap for its future: the NIUPLAN from 2014,prepared by JICA & officially approved by the Nairobi City County. Containing some of the most rigorous transport data analysis in the country. Let’s break it down (Transport Infrastructure).
Decades of growth destroyed in minutes. Giant lobelias, some of the rarest alpine plants are being damaged. This is heartbreaking for Kenya’s natural heritage.
@KWSKenya @Kenya_Forestry please step in.
The destruction of giant lobelias is unacceptable.
BREAKING: A Chinese company, CCCC, has reportedly been awarded the KSh375 billion JKIA upgrade tender.
This is the same company behind the SGR, Colombo Port City, and the Maputo-Katembe Bridge.
There is something I haven't seen discussed publicly, but I'll reveal part of it today.
During negotiations around Kenya's SGR financing by the Ruto govt, discussions included provisions that gave Chinese companies greater access to major Kenyan infrastructure projects. We obtained documents and information from that period, as well as details linked to newer arrangements.
That may help explain why more and more mega-projects continue to be awarded to Chinese firms, and even others taken away, e.g., from French contractors and handed to them. Expect this trend to continue.
On the positive side, Chinese companies are known for completing large infrastructure projects.
This is only a small part of what we know. We have more documents, more details, and more revelations that will come out in due time.
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The President of Finland flew into Kenya via a scheduled Turkish Airways commercial flight in May 2025. President Ruto flew to Finland on a very expensive private charter jet in June 2026.
I was equally shocked to learn that the net minimum wage in France is
KSh 215,752 per month!
The French people are indeed suffering more than us!
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I have a theory. Ni kama the medicine at KEMSA never really expires. They purchase drugs using taxpayer funds, they steal them and resell like 75-85%. Withhold the 15-25% until they expire. Then say that is proof that the whole batch expired and here is the sample for reporting.
Mention two of the most corrupt institutions in Kenya.
NB: Don't mention Office of the President, because we don't involve the devil when comparing sinners.
BREAKING: According to the Controller of Budget, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki's office spent KSh 222 million on domestic travel and KSh 76 million on foreign travel in just 9 months.
That's about KSh 1 million every single day.
Meanwhile, students are getting barely KSh 95 per term in capitation. Schools are struggling. Parents are being asked to pay more because the government claims there is no money.
What did Kenyans get in return for that KSh 298 million?
Show us the numbers and results. The deputy and president have made a habit of moving around, launching things that even an MCA can launch.
While the President spends billions on foreign travel, the Deputy President is spending hundreds of millions on trips at home.
And we're told there's no money.
This is why Ruto must go.