Embarrassing start before inauguration.
(Early release of KCPE step in the right direction)

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Speculation that Ms Mohammed had solicited congratulations from Mr Johnson was fuelled after diplomats from several countries said Nairobi had sought congratulations from their capitals.

https://amp.ft.com/conte...-11e7-b781-794ce08b24dc

The Financial Times is a respected publication @harrydre
as now confirmed by the Telegraph and Nation below

The just forgot that Margaret Thatcher said 'Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

It's not such a big faux pas. I still maintain the greatest respect for Uhuru will lie with getting on with the mandate and over delivering (borrowing the best of Magafuli) - have to ignore opposition distractions to do that.

I love the optimism. Was in the village over the weekend. Word is "Ngonja uone vile Uhuru atafunga watu wa corruption"."Alikuwa anaogopa uchaguzi na sasa umekwisha".

I will file the above together with, "Mugabe is not bad, its the people around him".

In the meantime......

James Gichuru
Mwai Kibaki
Arthur Magugu
George Saitoti
Musalia Mudavadi
Simeon Nyachae
Francis Masakhalia
Chris Okemo
Chris Obure
Daudi Mwiraria
Amos Kimunya
John Michuki
Uhuru Kenyatta
Njeru Githae
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Total borrowing = Ksh 1.749 tr (49 years)

Henry Rotich
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Total Borrowing = Ksh 2.252 tr (4.5 years)

Why drop figures without putting them into context....You can't engage in such borrowing if you have no development spending plan.

In 2001 before Kibaki came into power we were content with a 200b national bugdet. Today's is 10times bigger but while revenue collection has grown exponentially-like with most nations-it hasn't kept pace with the spending.
Granted we may not get value for some of the borrowed money but in the larger scheme of things the borrowed funds (thanks to limited internal resources) are geared to financing our path to middle income status nation.
At just over 50% our debt to GDP ratio pales in comparison to most developed economies with Japan topping a massive 250%. Oil exporting countries are the tiny minority of low borrowers but are hardly better developed. ..actually it's their money that others use.

The biggest challenge today is actually with devolution which stresses revenue sharing and hence expenditure (mostly recurrent and non-productive development) over wealth creation.

Is 28th a public holiday?

Enthusiasm of "junior" staff ama it's obeying orders?

Yes

The campaign period is over as @gathige put it. Those who support Jubilee, your work was done on 26th Oct. The only patriotic duty you have now is to hold the government accountable. Not to defend it.

I put some actual figures up there. In 4.5 years, Jubilee has borrowed more than what the previous three presidents borrowed in 49 years.

Can we see value ? This is a question each of us can answer for themselves. It is okay to wear political goggles to read the answer.

But lets drop some arguments on this forum. GDP doesn't pay debts. Revenue does. We are approaching 40% debt service to revenue ratio. Is it sustainable ? To spend 2/- out of every 5/- to pay debts. That's not for me to say.

The previous 3 administrations did some amazing infrastructure development. I have started looking at Moi era with some respect.

Think the 7-folks hydro dams, Mombasa port, Nyali bridge, Makupa causeway, Mombasa-Nairobi-Malaba highway, Thika road done twice, all the airports, MTRH, Moi university built from scratch, Maseno, JKUAT, Nyayo wards, PGH and level 5 hospitals all over.

We have irrigation projects across the country. From Ahero to Mwea to Bura e.t.c. The list can go on and on.

If you love Uhuru, then let him know the clock has started ticking to secure his legacy. And it looks like "mission impossible".

Help us do this by spreading facts and objective criticism.For now alot of hat is coming from NRM are pure lies and propaganda.And you seem to be the Chief of Mission in that unit.

With the exit of Kony and Ouru in 2022 I see Kenya beginning to embrace issue based politics as opposed to the current situation where we are shutting out Kony from Statehouse while you are trying to squeeze him him.

Thats true, when i checked SGR was done during Nyayo era, Outering road dualing during mzee kenyatta era in 1974, Isiolo airport by kevake, modernization of JKIA to attain accredition from USA by Moi regime yes and excessive borrowing by Uhuruto kubaffs, ooh i didnt remember that huduma centres were established by the former PM too