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Kenya: How Kenyatta Govt Spent U.S.$54 Million Without MPs' Approval
Capital FM, 21 September 2022
Revelations that President Uhuru Kenyatta's regime spent Sh54.68 billion as he prepared to leave office has raised concerns over the move by National Treasury to overstep their… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenya Has Breached Its Public Debt Ceiling - How It Got There and What That Means
The Conversation Africa, 21 September 2022
Kenya's newly elected president, William Ruto, has earned more legal space to borrow for his grandiose economic plan after parliament recently raised the country's public debt… Read more »
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Kenya: Secretary Blinken's Call With Kenyan President Kenyatta, August 2022
State Department, 13 August 2022
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss the Secretary's recent visit to South Africa, the DRC, and Rwanda, noting his… Read more »
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Kenya: President Kenyatta Endorsed As Global Champion for Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program
African Development Bank (AfDB), 8 July 2022
Global leaders on Thursday tasked Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta to spearhead Africa's effort to address climate change under the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP). Read more »
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Africa: President Uhuru Kenyatta Calls for Sustainable Development Across Cities
Capital FM, 17 May 2022
President Uhuru Kenyatta has officially opened the 9th Edition of Africities conference in Kisumu with a call to sustain the development of intermediary cities across the… Read more »
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Kenya: Kenyatta Says Confident Odinga Will Steer Kenya's Economy
Capital FM, 23 February 2022
President Uhuru Kenyatta has for the first time spoken out publicly on why he chose to greet Opposition chief Raila Odinga, and dismissed talk that he kept his deputy William Ruto… Read more »
Was Kenya's Parliament Hoodwinked By Kenyatta Govt's Spending?
Revelations that President Uhuru Kenyatta's government spent U.S.$54 million as he prepared to leave office have raised concerns over the move by National Treasury to overstep their mandate.
The National Assembly has the mandate when it comes to the budget-making process but it now emerges that the Treasury spent funds without the approval of the National Assembly.
In presentations made by the Parliamentary Budget Office before MPs, it emerged that U.S.$192 million has already been deposited to the various government ministries and state departments.
Legislators are looking to put in place legislative proposals to curb abuse by the National Treasury on budgetary issues.
While delivering his last national event speech during the Madaraka Day fete in June 2022, Kenyatta urged the next administration to use debt - emphasising its importance - as a key accelerator of economic development.
His remarks came as the National Treasury proposed an increase in debt ceiling from the current U.S.$77 billion to U.S.$86 billion, to enable the government to borrow more to finance the U.S.$28 billion budget for the 2022/23 financial year.
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Former president Uhuru Kenyatta, left, congratulates President William Ruto at the September 13, 2022 inauguration ceremony
