In betting on the budget against the economy, Kenya Kwanza’s tyranny of numbers sounds like it’s business as usual mode while promising economic transformation.
Peaceful protest and demonstration does not equal violence and looting, neither does democratic policing and law enforcement equal beating and shooting.
A different question could then be – is the size of attendance a proxy for the prevalence of poverty; larger crowds where it is more, and smaller where it is less?
There's need to look at tax policy and tax strategy, as well as tax administration. The government should move from debt-inspired to growth-friendly taxation regime.
Millions of beleaguered Kenyans are struggling with an unmanageable cost of living in a country where more jobs are lost than created while politicians talk and live large.
Kenya Kwanza’s has disregarded the big promises that gave them victory. Ruto’s second year in office does not inspire confidence as the economy worsens.
We can argue all day long about tax rates, the tax base and the tax menu, but, at what point do we begin to accept that our tax/revenue/debt distress starts with our spending habits?
Fix the cost of doing business. Fix the cost of government. This begins to fix cost of living. Period.
The everyday Kenyan is fed up watching YouTube and TikTok clips of large motorcades and frequent flyer pictures of leaders escaping a country where many struggle to get home.
State of Nation Address should be different from budget, economic policy or an inspiring national day speech. Reporting must speak to the status of who and where we are as a nation.
Endless naysaying is one thing, but offering a different picture requires real work, and our politics is all about playful sound and fury.
It is difficult to understand what Parliament is expected to do with the recommendations on electoral reform, multiparty democracy, new political positions or fresh politically-inspired funds.
From KNBS, inflation came in at 6.6 per cent in December, a fall from 6.8 per cent the previous month and far lower than the 9.2 per cent when the Kenya Kwanza administration assumed office.
If 2023 was the year of “finyaa!” and pain for Kenyans, doesn’t 2024 already feel like it might be “finyaa squared”?
The trouble with this administration is they spent their first year telling us Jubilee was the existential threat, when it was our actual debt.
Today’s tragedy is we miss tomorrow’s promise in Ruto's transformation agenda which, on paper, is rather clever in framing and structuring.
In true fat cat fashion we heard nothing this week about two important issues: pay inequity and multiple allowances.
KRA average monthly tax take this year has been Sh171 billion against a target of Sh208 billion.
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