The Man That Sold Our Nation, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta.
When Emilio Mwai Kibaki handed power to Uhuru Kenyatta back in 2013, our GDP stood at 4.75 trillion KSh. Kibaki, a profound and smart economics graduate who had been poached from Makerere University to enter politics as a young man, managed to steer Kenya’s economy from 2% in 2003 to 7% in 2007. Although the economy took a 1% hit due to post-election violence in 2008, it averaged 5% growth from 2009 to 2013, when Emilio left office.
Emilio Mwai Kibaki left office in March 2013, leaving us with a public debt of just KShs 1.8 trillion. Just imagine that, huh—just 1.8 trillion, no odious debt, no nothing. During this period, the National Treasury covered 90% of our annual budget. This made the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund offices in Nairobi almost irrelevant (unlike now, where the IMF drafted the Financial Bill 2024).
The Corruption Scandals Under Uhuru Kenyatta (2013–2022)
1. The Eurobond Scandal (2014–2015) — $1.2 Billion Stolen
Kenya, under the leadership of Uhuru Kenyatta, raised $2.75B through a Eurobond. $1.55B was deposited into Treasury accounts, while $1.2B was redirected and deposited into a Qatari bank account. Despite numerous investigations by then-Auditor General Edward Ouko, the missing $1.2B was never found. As we normally say in Kenya, iligulwaaaa.
2. The NYS Scandal 1 (2015) — ~ KShs 791 Million Stolen
Y’all remember Anne Waiguru and her hairdresser, Pauline, who was carrying stacks of money in sacks. I bet we all do. Waiguru was the CS for Devolution and Planning, appointed in 2013. Waiguru, being a sharp girl, orchestrated one of the “best” corruption scandals in this nation’s history.
Through fictitious procurement contracts, nearly KShs 1.8B was stolen in a scheme involving senior National Youth Service officials and businesspeople supplying air to the NYS. Guess who was never prosecuted in a court of law? Your guess is as good as mine — Waiguru.
Nelson Githinji (then Director General of NYS), Peter Mangiti, and businessman Ben Gethi were charged with embezzlement. However, as y’all know, corruption cases in Kenya don’t go far, and the culprits are rarely punished — actually, they walk free and become richer.
In 2023, Wendy Micheni, the Chief Magistrate, acquitted them for lack of sufficient evidence. That’s Kenya for you.
3. The Afya House Scandal (2015) — KShs 5 Billion
The Ministry of Health scandal at Afya House involved approximately KShs 5B allegedly lost through fraudulent procurement and financial mismanagement. Details pointed to systemic loopholes, inflated tenders, and ghost payments within ministry systems.
AfroSinema will continue shortly…
Ok let us finalize this in the traditional way since the current Twitter Polls functionality seems to be under serious bot manipulation.
1. Retweet for Martha Karua.
2. Like for Rigathi Gachagua.
Their photos below in that order.
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I thought #RetireTheHoe was Kenyans expressing disappointment in the appointment of Mary Wambui😂.
Its AU's campaign for the mechanization of Agriculture. As in Retire the (hand held) hoe. Neat.