Parliament this week appropriated an "emergency" Shs17.6b, or just under $5m for the President to complete his countrywide "wealth creation" tours. This, as we know from past experience, is politically correct talk for early campaigning.
If it will cost the presidency that much to traverse the country in the month of June, and considering the tour has been on since at least the beginning of May, we can estimate that the tours will cost Shs35.2b, or close to $10m this side of the financial year.
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