Peter Barasa @ptrbaraza

@Aloftgamingke @nyansaroraV @droid254 Are you sure those in those offices are millennials?

@User_NotSound @makaumully They are slowly accepting the reality

Edwin Sifuna is telling ordinary Kenyans something important: your rights do not depend on knowing a politician, attending a rally, or praising the government online. Your rights come from the Constitution.

A reported KSh312 billion revenue shortfall should force a government to reconsider its spending priorities. Yet, according to the Controller of Budgets, expenditure on travel and hospitality continued to rise. That contrast raises the question, when revenue falls short, whose expenditure is restrained and whose comfort is protected? The Controller of Budget has faulted the National Treasury over billions withdrawn under emergency provisions to finance routine government operations. This is not just a question of how much was spent. It is a question of how expenditure was justified, why routine operations required emergency provisions, and whether the public is receiving a satisfactory explanation. These are concerns should not be converted into a blanket conclusion that every withdrawal was unlawful. The distinction between an emergency and a routine expense must mean something. If an operation is routine, citizens are entitled to ask why it was not adequately planned and provided for through the ordinary budget. If circumstances genuinely changed, the Treasury should explain what changed, why additional expenditure became necessary, and why the emergency route was appropriate. An explanation should identify the expenditure and its justification, not simply invoke the demands of government operations. The revenue figure also needs careful language. If collections fell short by KSh312 billion, that is a reported shortfall and not, by itself, proof that revenue declined by that amount compared with the previous year. But the public-interest question remains, how does rising expenditure on travel and hospitality fit within a government’s response to a substantial revenue gap? The issue is accountability. Travel and hospitality expenditure should be justified by identifiable public purposes, particularly when available revenue is under pressure. The Treasury should answer the Controller’s concerns openly, disclose the expenditure financed through the emergency provisions, and explain why routine operations were funded in that manner. Parliament should scrutinise those explanations rather than allow the concerns to disappear into another news cycle. Kenyans deserve more than competing statements about revenue pressures and the cost of running government. They deserve a clear account of what was prioritised, why it was prioritised, and who takes responsibility for those decisions. A revenue shortfall must prompt scrutiny of government’s own choices and not merely become another burden the public is expected to absorb.

@incognitonnfx @vinguard254 But it also shows there is a flaw in the system to allow for such ukora to happen

@MJ169J30 @Kimaiyo exactly

From the Mountain to the Sea….@LindaMwananchi_ will go to every corner of the Country. We are one people! Save the date Kwale.

@nairobipundit This meeting was important..those sitting on the fence can finally choose a side, we don't want people who can be easily swayed in our Linda mwanainchi team....hii movement haitaki undecided people....Next..SUGOI EXPRESS..WANTAM

This is why they want you to leave your land 💚 So they can dictate they can own and dictate the food market.Stay, grow your food, do whatever you can!! It’s your land..

Hapana Shangaa

It’s actually the other way round Mr. President. There is a reason the right to life and the fundamental freedoms come first in the Bill of Rights. More than anything else we want to live in a free and democratic country because in the dark of the grave where you put Rex Maasai and Albert Ojwang, you can’t see shiny things.

K24TV @K24Tv

5 days ago

President William Ruto has declared that freedom and democracy are meaningless without development, sharpening the political debate with Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna over what Kenya needs ahead of the 2027 general election. Read the full story here: shorturl.at/rIhJz

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Happening….Church service at JTM Church, Nairobi.

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Baba’s spirit is well and truly alive in the people. I have seen it in Bondo today. Ahsante sana to the people of Siaya. Hii safari nayo lazima tuende pamoja. Siwaachi!

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@El_Penguino91 @GacheriNdumba That just means they are tired and done with him , they aren't going to do anything for him anymore

@epcogal @Just_Makkie But housing levy doesn't go into paying debt or expenditure

Bunge la Mwananchi, Mombasa. 💉💉☝️.

@Jane8fdg @monsieur039 @Kenyans where exactly is the typing error in your state

And I hope the Kenyan flag becomes a campaign tool in LMM. They tried arresting Kenyans carrying the flag in town, during protests and other places. #Wantam #RutoMustGoNow

KAMILI @ItsNayombe

2 weeks ago

Ruto wonders why would a man be dancing and enjoying with people something he can't relate. Rally za Sifuna Ni Sherehe Tu.

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A small snippet of what we will do within the first 100 days when we take office. Hatuwezi sema kila kitu juu kazi ya Kasongo ni Kuiba tu ideas. Dial *509# to register to our party and use our code 100!-The Equitable Party! Twende kazi. #ChamaYaSifuna

@Geoffreyksang @TeyaKevin There has to be two opponents for you to be onside.