Kenya: Spending Plan Is Too Ambitious, Say MPs

Some MPs have questioned the practicality of implementation of this year's budget, arguing it is too ambitious.

A majority of the MPs who spoke to Nation expressed concern over the huge public debt, failure by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich to provide clarity on financing the Big Four agenda, and the proposed taxation measures, which they said would make life difficult for the ordinary mwananchi.

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