Friday 13th June @ 4:55PM, it’s been a long week and finally time to unwind. I walk into my local and join a group of my friends who are in an unusual celebratory mood. I order a double Hennessy on the rocks and as it is placed on the table, I have this bad habit on checking on the bill every time a round is brought so I pick up the bill first and am shocked. I call Mueni my “favourite” barmaid and tell her there is a problem with my bill. Then she asks Kwani Hujui?? And goes on to explain that Rotich scraped Excise Duty on all alcoholic beverages in a bid to stop “Country Man”. I now understand why everybody is happy so I order a round for all my pals… As we are about to cheer someone drops a bottle… But Damn it my morning alarm and I wake up and remember this is Jubilee Government!!!

So what are your expectations for today’s budget?

Today they will introduce tax on air...you pay when you breathe so that GoK can buy more samosas.

Some kidogo rise to fund some air lifting of the PORK's speach to counties. ...

But anyway, things have changed. There will be very few shockers and chokers this time round coz the estimates have been out there for months. About 2/3rds of the budget has already been discussed. In fact wangesema iwe inawekwa online tujisomee tu this hullabaloo of budget reading is no longer as glamorous as it used to be.

"To mitigate the harmful effects of the illicit alcohol and to provide a better alternative to the illicit alcohol, a propose to raise remission on beer sold in Keg barrels from the current 50% to 80% provided its made from millet sorghum or cassava grown in Kenya.

To bridge the gap in revenue collection, I propose to raise the tax on beer made from malt to Kshs 80.00 per Liter from the current sh 70.00 per liter."

Hehe...wait for the taxation measures this afternoon....