Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna has fingered the government over what he claims is unnecessary public spending following the creation of the Office of the spouse of the Prime Cabinet Secretary.
According to Senator Sifuna, the government is callously spending public funds yet they claim to be taming high public spending, arguing that the government might as well form offices for Senator’s spouses and other leadership ranks.
He argued that the formation of the Prime CS spouse’s office clearly reveals that the government is misspending public money and the matter will get more impaired with the perks that incoming Cabinet Assistant Secretaries (CAS) will be receiving.
“There is no intention whatsoever for this government to deal with the question of public spending. We have even seen a shortlist of CASs and we are talking about Ksh.2 billion a year that is going into these offices, Ksh.30 million for mortgage, Ksh.10 million for a car, Ksh.1 Million in monthly salaries and allowances.”
The Nairobi Senator further claimed that President William Ruto has gotten double fund allocations from the standard funds given to the government, to cater for entertainment.
He now says that the government is changing its tune on its campaign promises and increasing borrowing which will eventually force citizens to dig deep into their pockets to pay taxes.
“There were reports that the office of the President has already gotten double the allocation that used to be there, what is it for, it is just for entertainment and eating tea and mandazi,” Sifuna claimed.
“We were told that the Kenya Kwanza government is going to stop public borrowing completely. They are talking about borrowing about Ksh.700 billion, half of it from the domestic market and the rest is to come from outside,” he said.
He, therefore, urged the government to cut its high expenditure and channel the money to recoup the economy.
On Friday, February 24, Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi launched the office of his wife Tessie Shangatti Mudavadi, which will be mandated to complement the work done by the First Lady Rachel Ruto and the Second Lady Dorcas Gachagua.
However, at the time of this publication, it is still unclear whether the office will be funded by the government or by private sources.
