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PhD student researching on modern slavery in business @University of South Australia

[KAA (Kampala Associated Advocates) @KAAdvocates]

EMPLOYMENT LAW ALERT: The Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Act 2025 marks a significant evolution in the legislative framework governing workplace safety and health standards. This amendment, which expands upon the foundational Occupational Safety and Health Act of 2006, introduces comprehensive changes aimed at enhancing the safety and health of workers across all sectors. The amendments are designed to address contemporary challenges in occupational safety, reflecting the dynamic nature of modern workplaces and the increasing complexity of occupational hazards.

This update helps both employers and employees to re-examine workplace practices, compliance frameworks, and internal policies to ensure that health, safety, and welfare remain central to organizational culture.

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[Kenya Law @MyKenyaLaw]

By employing a person on repeated temporary contracts of 3-months, over a period of 8 years and 2 months, an employer would be violating an employee’s right to fair labour practices under Article 41 of the Constitution. #LabourRights

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[Wawira Njiru @wawiranjiru]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[Egline Samoei @Egline_Samoei]

Rose Njeri Tunguru has been recognized in The Times 100 Most Influential Rising Stars

She developed an online tool that enabled Kenyans to voice opposition to a controversial finance bill. Despite her arrest and detention, her courage sparked global attention and transformed her into a powerful symbol of resistance and citizen empowerment.

Congratulations @rtunguru

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

As someone who spends a lot of my time researching corruption and wastage in our country, let me offer some observations and thoughts in response to your comments.

To begin with, let us all make sure that we agree on the purpose of "government" in our lives.

A government's primary purpose, in my humble view, is to serve its citizens. In the context of county governments - their sole purpose for existence is to serve as conduits for (1) services (2) development, and (3) accountability.

With that in mind, let's look at devolution in this country based on that understanding.

Take a look at the first attachment here. This document shows my work regarding county governments' rendezvous with taxpayer funds in 2023-2024.

The first column contains the poverty rate. And as you can see, 44% of Kenyans live in poverty, which technically means they have a very difficult time affording two meals a day.

Let's look at the third column from the left. That column shows you how much money has been sent to each county between 2014 and 2024. In 10 years of devolution.

Collectively, counties have received KSH 3.2 trillion in this period.

Take a look at some counties such as @Mandera_cgvt and @Tanariver004.

Mandera has received KSH 105 billion in 10 years. Tana River has received KSH 57 billion in 10 years.

Go back and look at the poverty rate again. 73% for Mandera, and 67% for Tana River.

These are just examples.

If we are going to continue with devolution - we must ask what is happening with the funds - across the board, meaning at the National Government and the County Government levels.

How is it possible that after KSH 3.2 trillion being pumped into these counties, there is almost no measurable improvement in the standard of living among citizens?

Let's step back for a second and take a high-level view of where we stand economically.

In 2013 when Kibaki left office, our country had KSH 2.3 trillion in debt. You can see that in the 3rd attachment. In fact, in 50 years of independence, our country never accrued more than KSH 2.3 trillion in debt. That is despite all the development we saw during the Kibaki years.

Then, enters devolution in 2014. Look at the trendline in the 3rd attachment and see if you notice anything.

In every single year since 2014 when devolution started, to this day, we have never had a balanced budget. Not once. And if you look in the second attachment, you can see at the bottom, actual deficits between 11% to 15% every single year.

For example, in 2019/2020, our budget deficit was just under KSH 1.4 trillion.

Now - we send about KSH 400 billion (15% of the budget) to the counties annually, which tells you that before the first shilling is sent to the counties, we are already in deficits.

In fact- between 2014 to 2024, our average budget deficit was close to KSH 1 trillion annually. That means we add about KSH 1 trillion to the liability section of our balance sheet annually.

If we are already in deficits, we must examine our entire structure of government with the objective of solving this fiscal indiscipline.

Both at the National and County Government levels.

Today, we are borrowing at alarming rates. Look at the last attachment which shows that in 2023-2024, we spent KSH 3.8 trillion as a country, and borrowed KSH 1.5 trillion - or 40% of what we spent. We ended up spending about 65% of our tax revenue on debt service alone.

This year, we plan to spend KSH 4.3 trillion, despite the fact that we can only make about half of that.

We will add KSH 2 trillion to our debt by the time the period is over.

Before this new KSH 2 trillion in debt, we were already on track to spend 70% of our tax revenue this year, on debt service.

In other words, we are heading to hell in a hand basket. Our creditworthiness is garbage. We are getting to a point where our country is having a hard time accessing international capital markets for funding, and that is why today, our interest on domestic debt is higher than interest on foreign debt, (KSH 795 million vs 705 million in the last attachment), even though we hold significantly more foreign debt than local debt). It's about KSH 3 in foreign debt for KSH 1 in local debt.

The point is, we are not in a good position, economically.

And as such, we must look at fixing this mess immediately.

Let's deal with the counties first.

KSH 3.2 trillion sent in 10 years. And the average county has a 44% poverty rate. How is that possible?

Well, take a look at the column that tracks how much counties dedicate to salaries in the first attachment. You will notice that the average county is dedicating about 44% of the entire revenue to salaries.

At this point, please note that the average county in Kenya employs less than 1% of the county population.

For example, @SakajaJohnson heads a county with a population of 4.6 million people. And people employed by the county are about 16,000 people, or 0.3% of the population.

You would need to triple that staff number to get to 1% of the county population.

But you notice that @NairobiCityGov spent 55% of its KSH 33 billion in revenues in 2023-2024, on this 0.3% of the population.

How do you expect to serve anyone when you give up 55% of the revenue on 0.3% of the population?

The answer is, you cannot.

Regulation 25(1)(a) and (b) of the Public Finance Management (County Governments) Regulations, 2015 states that the County Government expenditure on wages and benefits for public officers should not exceed thirty-five per cent (35%) of the total County revenue. That is the law.

And the objective of that law is to protect citizens from hyenas who misuse their offices and positions to misappropriate funds from serving the people, to serve politicians and their friends.

But across the country, our governments (national and county) do not care about this law, because being in government is seen as a license to steal from citizens.

Close to 90% of all counties violated this law in 2023-2024, and they did so by a mile.

In 2023-2024, by spending on average 44% of the revenue on salaries ALONE, county governments stole KSH 41 billion from citizens.

In 2022-2023, they stole KSH 26 billion. So in just 2 years, KSH 67 billion is diverted from serving citizens, to the 1% in government.

And that is before we look other wasteful expenditure.

Now, extrapolate these figures over the last 10 years, and then you will get an idea of what is happening.

We have 47 counties in Kenya. Each county has about 47 MCAs.

My analysis shows that each local assembly (the 47 MCAs) eat up about 10% of the entire county budget. Annually.

Here is an example. @Baringo_county has 45 MCAs. It has a population of 666,000 people. Each of these 45 MCAs is representing about 14,800 people - totally inefficient, when we look at other jurisdictions. In Texas where I live - this ratio is about 1 politician for 166,000.

In 2022-2023, Baringo had revenues of KSH 7.5 billion, and spent KSH 992 million, or 13% of the budget, on these 45 people.

The average MCA attracted KSH 22 million in cost in Baringo, in a county with a poverty rate of 47%.

Even more preposterous is this: 10 years into devolution, Baringo county can only raise 5% of its annual budget.

Today, the average county can only raise 10% of its budget, 10 years into devolution.

So - every single county is beggar at the end of the month. And, we have absolutely no mechanism for controlling (1) how much any county decides to spend, or (2) how the funds are spent in the counties.

Today, counties spend 10% of their budgets on an average of 47 MCAs. They spend about 44% of all revenues on 1% of the population. They spend KSH 16.5 to KSH 17 billion on travel. They spend KSH 2.4 billion in cars for MCAs and Governors, annually.

And then, they spend KSH 5.2 billion on hospitals, and KSH 7.9 billion on bursaries.

For every 1 shilling they spend on bursaries, they spend 27 on their salaries. For every 1 shilling they spend on support to hospitals, they spend 41 on their salaries.

Come one people - a blind person can see what is happening here. Counties are not serving citizens.

Devolution has been perverted and corrupted to become the worst nightmare for citizens.

A county Government cannot claim to serve anyone when 70% of the funds are spent on 1% of the population, which is what is happening today.

@SakajaJohnson takes 55% of revenue and spends it on salaries alone. He then blows KSH 1.2 billion in nonsensical travel around the globe.

As an example, @SakajaJohnson took 19 of his lackies to Marrakech Morrocco at the cost of KSH 37 million to study "proactive management". Upon coming back, they left again, this time heading to Vancouver, BC. Then to Dubai. And on and on and on.

In 2023-2024, @SakajaJohnson dropped KSH 1.2 billion on travel, having already taken 55% of revenue, or KSH 18 billion, on salaries for 0.3% of the Nairobi population!

And it's also worth remembering that people in government are exceedingly flamboyant in their taste and entitlement to high compensation. The Governor of Mandera is taking home an income that is about 178 times what the average citizen in Mandera is making. You can see that in the second last column of the first attachment. MCA? 32 times.

And there are 51 MCAs there, each representing about 9,000 people!

By the time we are done with travel, salaries, and benefits - often, only 30% of the revenue is left, to serve anyone.

Do you see what am talking about?

So - take your county, and extrapolate the above findings and you will begin to understand why KSH 3.2 trillion in 10 years cannot be felt on the ground.

This is why we must discuss structural changes in ALL of Government.

Now, at the National Government level, it is not different. As an example, in 2023-2024, we spent KSH 1.6 trillion to service debt. This was over 60% of what we raised. For this reason, the biggest obstacle today is dealing with debt.

But we have to ask why we have so much debt in the first place. Well, I told you that we insist on spending KSH 3.8 trillion when we can only make KSH 2.3 trillion, and so we borrow 40% of our budget.

We do this because first and foremost because we lose KSH 800 billion to corruption. As an example, @WilliamsRuto and his Government of Thieves, by Thieves, and for Thieves, within the first year of taking office, orchestrated the SHA shit-show that lost Kenyans KSH 112 Billion with the stroke of the pen.

That was just to get the party started.

His @MOH_Kenya paid out KSH 41 million for one magical patient who, as the government auditors say, apparently received 10,860 deliveries in 2023-2024. 10,860 babies in one year.

Another patient received 656 c-section deliveries, also in one year. @WilliamsRuto's Government of Thieves, by Thieves, and for Thieves, also spent KSH 51 million on one "patient" who pulled off the absolutely improbable feat of being admitted into different hospitals across the country, at the same time, receiving 2,808 surgeries/procedures.

Usicheze na Kenya. Nchi ya maajabu hii!

So, understand the madness here. We raise KSH 2.3 trillion through taxation. We insist on spending KSH 3.8 trillion.

And then, out of the KSH 3.8 trillion we will spend, we start off by losing KSH 800 billion to the same 1% in control of government!

KSH 800 billion in "budgeted corruption".

But do not get it twisted, we still have an insanely disproportionate compensation regime at the National Level. All across government. Your MPs must earn 93 times what you and I make. We must give them a gas guzzler, a mansion, bodyguards, healthcare, free trips abroad.

And then KSH 200 million in CDF funds for them to do whatever the heck they want to do with it. In my analyses, many, if not most, of CDFs cannot account for 50% of the CDF allocation annually.

So in essence - we have a culture where people see government as their ticket to wealth, in a country where the average citizen make only KSH 20,000 a month.

Therefore, changes must occur across the Government. And, we don't even have a choice on this matter.

You see, math does not lie. You make KSH 2.3 trillion a and you insist on spending KSH 3.8 trillion - it will catch up with you down the road. And that is where we are.

So what am I saying?

(1) If the objective of devolution is service to citizens, then we must measure the success of devolution by looking at how much of every shilling ends up serving citizens, as opposed to the ruling class. A government that is consuming 70% or 80% of the available resources is serving itself, not citizens.

(2) I am a fan of devolution - but the current structure is not sustainable in my view. A system such as ours requires mechanisms to impose fiscal discipline on all players. Otherwise, we as a country are at the mercy of corrupt politicians. This is what is happening today. Nobody can question Tana River's insistence on spending KSH 8 billion annually - when they can only raise 1% of that amount annually, 10 YEARS INTO DEVOLUTION! Ok?

The average county is losing 10% of its budget to 47 MCAs. How is that sensible and reasonable?

Our system of government has to be economically viable. I don't care what anybody says. We have to afford it.

I keep challenging everyone to name the top 5 benefits - real benefits, of their, MCAs, to justify the associated cost. Every MCA across Kenya has a cost of KSH 21 million on average.

MCAs are expected to hold the Executive Branch accountable. Name me a county where this is happening. Corruption and wastage abound in every country.

So, if the average county with 47 MCAs was to cut out 37 MCAs and went with 10, which is still very reasonable, that county would be saving KSH 777 million in one fell swoop.

So, the options are: (1) Keep 47 MCAs, and get whatever benefit you think you get, or, cut it to 10, and have KSH 777 million to be applied to roads, hospitals, and other critical needs.

It's math, ladies and gentlemen. We are not a wealthy country. We must insist on efficiencies and the creation of value for citizens. In other words, we must demand common sense and business sense in government affairs.

End these stupid trips abroad. Save KSH 17 billion annually. Reduce MCAs by 75%. Save billions upon billions.

Or, keep every MCA you want. But reduce compensation to a point where most of the funds are left to serve citizens.

That is what we must decide.

Let us stop acting like we can defy gravity.

Here is the bottom-line.

Life is about trade-offs. And, leadership is often about making tough decisions about how best to deploy scarce resources to advance the public good. It is why you need smart people in government.

And if you are asking for an example, let me help you: Pull up a @karennyamunbo @pksalasya @HonOscarSudi @kururia in YouTube, and then make a note to self.

No more of these clowns.

We need leaders smart enough to understand that government is there to serve citizens, and that the true measure of success in the public sector is how much we serve our citizens using the scarce resources we have.

As opposed to: popularity on social media, being referred to as "mhesh" or other nonsense.

@Mizani254 @ReubenKigame @LavaniMila @Bright_Shitemi @fit_ermined @OkiyaOmtatah @Senate_KE @NAssemblyKE @MigunaMiguna @MoGAbdi @MOH_Kenya @SokoAnalyst

[Rodgers Abidha. MD. @Rodgers_Abidha]

To the young girl who died today in our hosi.

You came in a bad state, we did everything, everything possible to bring you back.

I did not know you. I spent 61 minutes on your chest doing chest compressions.

At 9 years, your life ended. It hurts. I met you for 62 minutes.

[Oliver Kwambai @_OliverKK]

The independent investigative committee probing organ and tissue transplant allegations at Mediheal Hospital has recommended criminal charges against founder Swarup Mishra.

[Njambi @A_Njambi]

Bana this nonsense going on in Kenya has made me contemplate being part of the 14th parliament so that I can join @Honeyfarsafi as we call those bustards called oppressors “UMBWA” to their face. We NEED TO SHAKE TABLES FROM INSIDE! Hawa watu wametuzoea sana! Bruh I’m so UPSET!!!

[New Singaporean🇰🇪🏇🏿 @NewSingaporean_]

I support this statement by CJ Maraga

1. We dont need a referendum or handshake
2. This is not an intergenerational conflict
3. This is also not a tribal war
4. We must hold accountable the Police & DCI
5. The buck stops with the President

He has given 4 irreducible essentials.

[Magzie @Enigmatic_Acey]

Stop this performative nonsense... table a motion in parliament to impeach the president so we know you are real with your outrage.
Or SHUT THE ENTIRE FUCK UP!!!

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

Check out Bonnie Mwangi! #TikTok https://t.co/hUU5h95ZUr

[Mak Mansa @mansaplus]

I had actually forgotten this by it was #FredMatiang’i who kept defying court orders on returning @MigunaMiguna ‘s passport. He would insist that Miguna should apply for a new passport if he wanted to be allowed back into the country! Such people should never be allowed anywhere near the leadership of this country again! Respect for the constitution should be paramount in the person we vote for the presidency!

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

In my opinion, every day until 2027 should be June 25.

We cannot continue as if everything is fine. Business as usual.

Our country is now a failed state. Albert Ojwang was murdered by the state. The same state that is expected to protect us.

Our country is run by thieves. Charlatans. All manner of crooks.

Visit the @EACCKenya's website. Review notices of legal action and investigations over the last three years. And then, look up the administration of one @WilliamsRuto

There is a pipeline running from the EACC's offices, the courts, all the way to @WilliamsRuto's cabinet and senior positions.

We have never, ever seen this level of acceptance, embrace, and preference for thieves in "public service".

Everyone in government appears to be selected because of their criminal disposition.

Because they can, have, and will steal.

The entire Government is best described as a Government of Thieves, by Thieves, and for Thieves.

You have watched this kakistocracy over the last two years. You know what am talking about.

You do not need examples of its corruption.

But let me remind you of one.

Please watch the first and second clips. They provide a window into the absolutely shambolic state of healthcare in Kenya. A supposed "constitutional right" in Kenya.

Under Article 43(1)(a) of the Constitution:

“Every person has the right to the highest attainable standard of health, which includes the right to health care services, including reproductive health care.”

Additionally, Article 43(2) states:

“A person shall not be denied emergency medical treatment.”

It turns out that this right means nothing under this criminal enterprise masquerading as a "government".

Because, when @WilliamsRuto's Government of Thieves, by Thieves, and for Thieves took office, the first order of business was to steal massively through schemes in the healthcare function of the government.

What this "government" has done in healthcare is abominable. Beyond the pale. Criminal.

People are dying in corridors of county and national hospitals - because the greed of corrupt politicians must come first.

Don't take my word for it.

Please consider what the government auditor has said about SHA:

(1) The project (SHA), which cost KSH 105 billion, was illegal and suspicious from the word go. It was "unbudgeted". It was "unbudgeted" so that there would be no scrutiny. See first picture.

(2) Corrupt government officials designed a process - illegal I might add - with the objective of landing a preferred "vendor". In other words, there was no competition. They knew who they wanted to give that contract to. See first picture.

(3) They give away a contract for KSH 105 billion. To criminal associates of politicians. They give away a "service contract" to the same thieves who "won" the contract, for an extra KSH 7 billion, bringing the total to over KSH 111 billion.

Nobody in Kenya can tell you what the scope of the "services" is. How many people are covered. Nothing about the scope is known - because "service" was not the point.

How likely are you to "win" a service contract for KSH 7 billion, WHEN YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE SERVICES WILL BE?

If you are a legitimate service provider, how do you determine whether it will be a profitable contract when the scope is totally unknown?

I understand this kakistocracy is packed with clowns and dimwits - but on this, don't cut them any slack. They knew what the heck they were doing.

(4) The clowns not only gave away the farm - KSH 111 billion to a "third party" - they also tied all our hands behind our backs. They surrendered our collective ability to recover from this insanity.

For example:

@WilliamsRuto's geniuses agreed not to ever pursue another program like this.

Think about this. The Government is the buyer. Has the money. The backing of the entire country. Has the ability to negotiate - with unmatched negotiating power.

But it agrees to pay a ridiculous amount - KSH 105 billion for SHA. Without any competition.

It then agrees to pay KSH 7 billion for "services" - whose scope not one soul in Kenya can quantify.

And then agrees not to even dream of pursuing another competing solution. And we give up this right of ours, for exactly KSH 0!

And as if that is not criminal enough, the government agrees that any disputes will have to be litigated in London - and way from Kenyan media and citizens.

Even though, under the law, this procurement was conducted pursuant to the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Act of 2015, and accordingly any disputes would need to be referred to the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board.

In other words - the entire project was:

Conceived as a scam. A fraud. A ruse.

Designed as such.

And executed as such.

By a Government of Thieves, by Thieves, and for Thieves.

@EACCKenya @Senate_KE @NAssemblyKE @OkiyaOmtatah @MigunaMiguna @Bright_Shitemi
@TIKenya @OCCRP

[MATATA MATATA @Matataofficial1]

This Is What It Means to Be Kenyan Right Now #sirininumbers

Being Kenyan right now
means eating teargas like breakfast.
Means your lungs burn,
but your spirit don’t.

It means leaving the house with a goodbye
that feels a little too heavy.
Like maybe today,
you don’t come back.

It means knowing a Subaru can pull up anytime,
no number plates, no warning
and just like that,
you vanish.

It means tweeting with your hands shaking,
speaking truth with your face half covered,
marching even when your legs are screaming “no,”
but your heart says, “ kaende kaende”

Because how long can we stay quiet?
How long can we clap for thieves
and pray our kids grow up free
in a country that chokes us
just for asking “why?”

They want us scared.
But we’ve seen too much.
We’ve buried too many.
We’ve paid the price already
in hunger, in shame, in silence.

So we rise.
Teargas in our eyes,
but vision never clearer.
Gunshots in the air,
but hearts steady.

They can beat us,
they can drag us,
they can call us names
but they can’t kill all of us.

Because we’re not just angry.
We’re tired.
We’re fed up.
We’re awake.

This isn’t just protest
this is heartbreak turned into fire.
This is love for a country
that keeps breaking us,
but we refuse to let go.

This is what it means to be Kenyan right now
It means fear is real,
but courage is louder.

[Larry Madowo @LarryMadowo]

Kenyan police cornered peaceful protesters in a blocked alley, beat them up, then teargassed them.

"Larry ukienda tutauliwa," one of them said. "If you leave, we'll get killed."

Police brutality during protests against police brutality

[New Singaporean🇰🇪🏇🏿 @NewSingaporean_]

President Ruto launched a New Mukuru estate as an affordable housing project. As a student of history let me tell you what will happen in a few months or years. And why this affordable housing programme is nowhere close to the Singapore story.

A thread🧵

[Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA @MwangiBonnie]

My fellow Kenyans,

I have told you before that when the average citizen cannot tell the difference between a thug on the street and his or her government, society has reached the status of a banana republic.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is sadly where we are in this country.

You heard about the arrest of @GeorgeNatembeya by the @EACCKenya – for alleged corruption.

As soon as he was arrested, his friends and allies came out guns blazing to show their unwavering support and to proclaim his innocence. They vehemently chastised @WilliamsRuto for using the @EACCKenya as a tool to “manage” his opponents.

This is a common tactic employed masterfully by politicians – and I have to say that I absolutely loathe it. You don’t make up your mind until you see the evidence and have the opportunity to assess the veracity of the claims. At least, you should not.

So I decided to take a look at @GeorgeNatembeya's record in office. For you.

He was elected in 2022. For this reason, my review includes two years of data: 2022-2023, and 2023-2024.

County Facts:

Population: Approx. 1 million
Poverty Rate: 37%
Annual Budget: KSH 9 billion.
Revenue Transfer 2014-2024: KSH 61 billion.

Audit Findings – based on Government Auditor

2023-2024 Tax Year

KSH 120,193, 069 in cash is unsupported. Cannot be reconciled. No statement, receipts, anything.

KSH 11, 010, 887 in in “salaries” have no support. No names, addresses, departments, etc.

KSH 63, 875,000. The County awarded a certain company a contract to supply milk countywide, for KSH 63 million for 1,750,000 packets of milk.

This company was only able to supply about 185,451 packets of milk – and then failed to supply anything additional.

Clearly, the firm lacked the ability to handle such a contract. Why do you think it was awarded such a contract?

KSH 498, 835,545. The county awarded a contract to a local firm for the construction of the County Headquarters. Price? KSH 498 million. Contract issued in June of 2023.

According to the auditor, the County did not perform any due diligence to confirm that this firm, which got KSH 498 million in contract, had ever done business, paid taxes, owned a bank account, or even managed a contract for 5,000 to clean toilets. But they gave it a contract for KSH 498 million.

As a side note, the sign announcing this project cost KSH 250,000!

KSH 499, 166, 766. The county awarded a contract to another firm, for KSH 499 million, for the construction of an industrial park.

This industrial park was to be built on a parcel of land that is 100 acres in size.

Auditors discovered that the land in question has no title deed or any ownership documents. ZERO.

Additionally, the firm had abandoned the project after pocketing KSH 264 million!

2022-2023 Tax Year

KSH 60, 985,820 in cash cannot be accounted for. Cannot be reconciled. No statement, receipts, anything.

KSH 143, 193, 500 in payment for construction of a stadium. The county awarded a contract for KSH 657 million to a firm to upgrade Kenyatta Stadium.

Yes, this poor county with a 37% poverty rate, dilapidated schools, and poor roads prioritized upgrading a stadium, using close to 10% of the annual budget!

Nothing but geniuses at the helm.

They could not provide documentation to show auditors how this firm was selected, and the firm was paid KSH 143 million in the year.

KSH 136, 420, 125 in supposed “arrears payments” have no documentation. Auditors found a high frequency of suspicious payments to certain individuals - expenses labelled as “arrears”. No documentation exists to back up the expenses. But KSH 136 million is gone.

Auditors also found that biographical details such as birth-dates appeared altered/forged.

KSH 103, 341, 955 in “salaries” were paid manually, and illegally. Outside of the approved system, tracked through good ol’ excel.

Why?

What do you think?

KSH 97, 120, 233. The county claims to have spent KSH 97 million for “sports items”.

There is ZERO documentation showing purchases. ZERO documentation showing receipts. ZERO documentation showing where these purchases were sent to.

And no one can confirm receiving 1 shilling worth of goods, out of the KSH 97 million.

So, there you have it.

Folks, our country is teetering – we are on the precipice of a total economic and social collapse. This is not hyperbole.

I told you that when the average person cannot tell the difference between his or her government and a thug on the street, society has crossed the proverbial rubicon.

Ask yourself what the average citizen is supposed to maker of what you just read.

The citizen does not need to be told what a 37% poverty rate feels like. He or she lives it. He or she lives and experiences dilapidated schools and hospitals.
The citizen has elected politicians to make life manageable. To do the right thing. To provide services.

But what does the citizen receive?

Well, for starters, this county that has a population of 1 million, starts the year by devoting about 40% of its entire revenue to salaries alone – for a tiny group of people (politicians, their friends, and county staff) – who make up less than 1% of the county population.

Ok?

1% of the county population takes 40% of the county revenue in one fell swoop.

With what was left, the County then decides to spend KSH 657 million out of its KSH 9 billion budget, on a damn stadium.

The first question is, why?

I often tell you that we lack common sense and business sense in government affairs.

In the private sector – this level of dimwittedness – spending almost everything on things that provide no value to the client – will get you fired on the spot.

So, when politicians who have told you they are the smartest people we have, spend scarce resources this stupidly, you can make a reasonable inference about why they are doing it.

They are doing it because they stand to benefit personally.

A person with an IQ of 70 can see the utter stupidity of these decisions.

After the above stupidity, the county then issues a contract for KSH 498 million – to a firm that nobody knows if it has ever done anything before. Can you believe that?

They then issue another contract to another firm for KSH 499 million. The firm takes KSH 264 million, and nobody knows where it is. And the land – 100 acres – has no title!

Are you counting?

We lost KSH 3.2 billion in salaries alone, to less than 1% of the county population.

Then, KSH 657 million is spent on a stadium.

KSH 1 billion on construction contracts given to firms nobody knows anything about. And who have already abandoned projects.

Then, we have close to KSH 240 million in what appears to be payments to ghost workers. KSH 97 million in sports goods nobody ever saw.

And the citizen is still waiting on services. Still waiting on a functioning hospital and road.

What is the difference between this county government and the thug on the street?

There is none. None whatsoever.

This brings me to the @EACCKenya

Here is the thing. Two things can be true at the same time.

It is clear as day that Natembeya is running a criminal enterprise.

Either that, or, he is the dumbest person on God’s green earth.

But, we can also see that the @EACCKenya is applying the law selectively.

I have receipts.

I have covered close to half of our 47 counties. @NairobiCityGov , @MombasaCountyKe , @KiambuCountyGov , @MurangaCountyG1 , @NakuruCountyGov , @KajiadoGov , @Tanariver004 , @KilifiCountyGov , @TurkanaCountyKE , @Mandera_cgvt , @WajirKE , @Kakamega_037 , @MigoriCountyGov , @SiayaCountyKE , @County_20 , @Machakos_Gov , and more.

I can tell you that most counties are unmitigated crime scenes. Today. Right now.

And I can also tell you that, in this country, the largest promoter of criminality and corruption is @WilliamsRuto.

That is not an easy thing to say – but it is the truth.

Go to my TL and look at my findings of Nairobi County, Nakuru County, Turkana County, Murang’a, among others.

The amounts stolen from these counties would make Natembeya blush.

Billions upon billions.

But guess what?

The architects of these thefts today work in senior government positions – embraced and promoted by Ruto.

@KideroEvans works in governor. @ItsMwangiWaIria works in government. @GovernorNanok works in government. @honkabogo works in government.

And on, and on, and on.

Despite – and perhaps because of – their criminal disposition.

Why are they not in jail or prison?

When thieves are embraced and promoted by the president, what message is the hopelessly moribund and feckless @EACCKenya supposed to get?

In self-respecting societies, thieves - particularly thieves of public resources - are shunned, shamed, and prosecuted.

In banana republics, those ran like they are criminal enterprises, they are embraced, promoted, and protected.

Today, there is absolutely no difference between any of our governments – National or any county government – and the thug on the street.

They are both using their monopoly on violence to take anything and everything in their sight from poor citizens.

That is where we are.

Ni hayo tu.

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@ntvkenya WE DON'T WANT THUGS OR CROOKS!

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