Government spokesman Mr. Eric Kiraithe left money tongues wagging when he on a national television said that the government has enough budget for corruption.
They say it was a slip of the tongue and pronunciation problems on his part. Whether it was the slip of the tongue or the effects of his mother tongue on his pronunciation, what he said, came out loud and clear that the government has enough budget for corruption.
He may not have meant whatever he said but what he uttered painted a clear picture of the entire rot within the system in terms of corruption.
There have been allegations of massive looting of public resources within and without the government with little being done to stop the ever-growing trend.
A year ago, a report showed that Kenya often losses more than half of her budget on corruption and misplaced priorities.
One of the major scandals that have rocked the Jubilee administration is that of the National Youth Service where billions of taxpayer’s monies are said to have been looted.
One suspect at one time before the glaring of the cameras admitted to have received more than 1.67 billion shillings, some of which she literally carried in bags “like potatoes.”
Some high ranks within the government have loudly confirmed in political rallies that money was looted at the NYS and that those who did are still “doing cat walks on us.”
Is anyone behind bars as a result of the NYS looting? No sir. No one is behind bars.
Doctors have been on strike for 76 days now. What they want is a pay rise which will cost the country roughly 8 billion shillings annually. Comparing the looting expedition going on, the government can clearly afford to pay doctors but why is it adamant? The reason is simple. In paying doctors, there is no avenue for looting.