Jubilee Coalition Presidency Extravagance, an Economic threat to Kenya

Based on the new Kenyan constitution promulgated by the former president Mwai Kibaki, The institution of presidency currently consists of the office of the President and that of the Deputy President. This institution shares a common budget in expenditure.
During the presentation of the 2015/2016 fiscal budget at the parliament building, the current cabinet secretary for finance issued a directive that required government offices to cut on their foreign travel and hospitality budget by at least 30%. This has however turned out to be the opposite in the office of the president.
Based on the fiscal audit in the public domain and that from the Bureau of the controller of the budget, the figures of this budget required to be cut by 30%, have inflated by 75%. The trips are characterized by escorts of presidential security personnel and close political friends who get an opportunity to know what it means to have a first class travel.
It is during these trips that the so-called state dignitaries siphon money from the poor taxpayers with no particular economic value. With all accommodation catered for, here I mean food and bed, the senior officials receive up to $400 in a day. Considering a familiar example of recent trips that started in The Hague, then to Malta followed by the Paris conference and finally in South Africa, Some of these officials have been outside the country for one month. This adds to $12000 in a month of travel allowances exclusive of their monthly salaries.
For the whole month, the wages of these officials lack use since their food and other personal needs have been catered for by the state. Despite this evidenced by the ailing economy and the endless lamentation from the key productive players in the tight economy, the institution has turned a deaf ear to this in the name of marketing the country’s economy.
The recent implementation of exercise duty from an act of parliament which the CS described as a means of cutting down on lifestyle problems, it is evident that life of the poor ordinary citizen is going to continue ailing and his tear glands should be set to shed more tears. No economy does not rely on the oil industry, imposing a tax on this product translates to the taxation of every service in a country.
Based on the reports from the same government, the presidency has already hit the recurrent budget estimate for travel and hospitality. There have been so far no any reasonable efforts to cut on this expenditure or reduce the effects of the continuously dwindling economy. Kenyans are therefore left wondering and asking the following questions;

1. Why can’t the presidency work on the mechanism of cutting on the delegation that accompanies any out of the country’s travel?
2. As much as it can be justified, what is the essence of huge travel allowances when food and bed are catered for the delegation?
3. Aren’t the several cabinet secretaries able to be delegated with some of these duties and president remaining at home to carry some duties?
4. Are all these trips necessary by the way?

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A REFLECTION ABOUT MY FRIENDS;

As I have continued to grow and climb the ladder from one level to another, I have come across people who have planted a particular seed in my life. From my religious life to political life, academic life to social life, I have met several groups of people whose perspective and understanding of life has always imparted a particular watermark that remains engraved in me as we part ways with them.

Based on so many categories, today let share with you some of these traits based on attitude towards costs. Those who live real life and manage their own financial services will agree with me that life is about costs;

1. I have these friends who whenever I share with them anything I am going to do, the immediate answer is usually, "Aluora you will make it." They demonstrate a certain threshold of confidence in my capability that they always believe it is achievable. I always march ahead and go to face the situation. These are the friends I always go back to request for further support whenever am out of ideas in seeing my goal go through. Most of these friends will attest that whenever I tell them I am going to do anything, they are always prepared that I will be back.

2. The second category is friends whom whenever I tell them I am going to do so and so, the next question is usually, "How much will it cost?" This is a category of friends who do not judge the results of the project first. They value it in reference to expenditure. They will end up cautioning me to ensure I have enough money. They even go ahead to warn me not to return. These friends are so good that I always tell them even when I want to kill an ant.

3. The third category is these friends whenever I share with them what I wish to do, the next answer is a response in the form of a question, "And where will you get all that money from?" Yes, they value the cash, they may appreciate the value of the end results, but these friends are so pessimistic about my poor state that they are sure I cannot make a single step in life. They are always scared that they may have to spend on me. I love these friends, and I always report to them results of the project at the finishing stage. Telling them before commencing your project will demoralize you then finally fail.

But note one thing, I hate none of these friends, I love them all. They help in shaping my wisdom in one way or another and contribute to continued success. They are all a source of motivation.

Eventually, I count all of them among my friends.

Thank you for being a friend.

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