CS John Mbadi: There is no easy budget. This year’s budget is even more challenging because it is informed by a major external shock, underperformance in revenue collection and rising inflation
We are not shocked that after the Somali referee was denied entry into the United States, the next convenient story is now trying to link him to Al Shabaab.
This is the same old script powerful countries use whenever they need to justify humiliation, discrimination, exclusion or violence against people they have already decided to punish.
Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when America needed a war, and Libya was presented as a humanitarian rescue before the bombs fell and the country collapsed into chaos.
Whenever they need public sympathy for a questionable decision, they first manufacture a security cloud using words like terrorist, extremist, threat, militant links and national security concern.
Those labels are designed to make ordinary people stop asking questions, because once someone is branded a security risk, many people assume there must be something hidden.
If there is real evidence against the referee, let them produce it openly and allow the world to examine it instead of hiding behind vague border language.
If there is no evidence, then they should stop using security propaganda to cover a broken, humiliating and discriminatory visa system that treats Africans like suspects.
Africa has watched this movie before, and every time the powerful side needs an excuse, the script somehow ends with fear being manufactured.
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.
William Ruto was elected to punish Kenyan voters for electing bad leaders.
He's not in office to bring development but to show Kenyans what incompetent, clueless & corrupt president can do when given an opportunity to lead.
What is so expensive in the statehouse that they are spending up to 2.5B in 6 weeks, another 4.5 outside the budget, and 200B? All unauthorized
This means they have exhausted the authorized budget and are now on unauthorized spending.