I think President Uhuru Kenyatta is being taken for a ride by his junior employees. Using the Controversial Jibe by Pastor Ng’ang’a ‘Nikikohoa,mnaitika,’ Uhuru’s feeble threats are no longer working out.
Few months ago, The President gave out some harsh directives concerning foreign trips. The warning was aimed at taming state officials who had taken advantage of the trips to go out for their personal leisure activities.
The directive was clear and conspicuous that no top government official is allowed to travel abroad without President Kenyatta approval.
But spending on travel jumped by Sh3.4 billion to Sh11.9 billion in the period under review by the Auditor General.
The directive is a product of funding gaps following below budget revenue performance due to the slower economic growth that left the Kenya Revenue Authority with a Sh95 billion tax hole in the nine months to March.
This prompted proposed cuts to the government’s spending plan across the board.
The CoB figures indicate that the Interior ministry tops the list of big spenders after it blew Sh1.08 billion on entertainment. That level of expenditure is more than four times the Sh241 million it spent on entertainment in the first nine months of the 2017/18 financial year.