The Sh60 Billion Overspending Scandal That Proves This Government Belongs in Jail

The scale of budgetary abuse inside President William Ruto’s administration has reached levels that no longer qualify as mismanagement—it is outright looting. The latest data from government expenditure reports exposes a shocking reality: billions of taxpayers’ money have vanished in just three months, with zero results, zero accountability, and zero shame. This is not governance. This is organised theft.

In the first quarter of the current financial year, the Office of the Deputy President overspent its budget by 50%, using Sh1.1 billion instead of the approved Sh743 million. Yet Kenyans cannot point to a single project, programme, reform, or investment that justifies such reckless expenditure. There are no new youth programmes, no community support, no regional engagements—absolutely nothing. Instead, billions disappear into luxury trips, inflated procurement, and a culture of entitlement that is bleeding the country dry.

The National Police Service also raised alarm bells after overspending by 18%, burning through Sh37 billion instead of the planned Sh31 billion. This is happening while police officers continue to operate with outdated equipment, low morale, and poor welfare. Crime rates are climbing. Emergency response is slow. Communities remain vulnerable. So how does a police service overspend by billions when the men and women on the ground still lack basic resources? The extra billions are not strengthening security—they are strengthening corruption networks hidden within the policing system.

Even more disturbing is the National Intelligence Service (NIS), an institution shielded by secrecy, which overspent by 40%, consuming Sh18 billion instead of Sh12.9 billion. Intelligence services across the world operate discretely—but they do not openly drink public money with such aggression. At a time when Kenyans are being denied essential services, bursaries, and medicines in hospitals, NIS has transformed into a bottomless pit of unaccounted-for billions. The only intelligence Kenyans see is the intelligence used to silence critics and protect the powerful.

But the most reckless and criminal expenditure is coming from State House. In just three months, State House overshot its budget by a staggering 125%, spending Sh4.3 billion instead of the approved Sh1.9 billion. This level of overspending is not an error—it is evidence of a government that views the national treasury as a private wallet. The waste is obscene. The greed is demonic. The contempt for taxpayers is unmatched in Kenya’s history. A government that consumes more than double its budget in 90 days is not mismanaging funds—it is weaponizing public office for personal gain.

This overspending raises urgent questions about governance, fiscal discipline, and accountability at the highest levels of leadership. Kenya is already drowning in debt, struggling with cash-flow crises, and suffering under oppressive taxation. Yet instead of tightening spending, the same leaders demanding “sacrifice” from Kenyans are splashing billions on themselves with no remorse.

The truth is simple and dangerous: a government that burns through billions without results, transparency, or justification is not governing—it is looting. These financial patterns are a clear indicator of state capture, systemic corruption, and deliberate plunder of the national treasury.

Kenyans must understand that such reckless expenditure poses a direct threat to economic stability. When billions disappear every quarter, the government compensates by increasing taxes, borrowing more, and cutting essential services. That is why cost of living is unbearable. That is why counties are broke. That is why schools have no capitation. That is why hospitals have no medicine. The money is being eaten at the top.

This is why Kenyans must rise and demand accountability. Demand proper audits. Demand resignations. Demand investigations. Demand criminal prosecutions.

Because a government that overspends by such grotesque margins, with nothing to show for it, does not deserve to be in office.

It deserves to be in jail.

And until leaders at State House, NIS, the DP’s office, and the police service are held accountable, Kenya will continue bleeding billions while ordinary citizens sink deeper into poverty.

This is the moment for Kenyans to stand up and say: Enough.

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