Dagoretti North Member of Parliament Beatrice Elachi now argues that President William Ruto’s Economic Advisors have not only let the president down but Kenyans, and should be send home.
Speaking with KTN News on Monday, as she commented on the beneficiaries of the mini-budget, Sh187 billion, tabled in Parliament last week, Elachi said most funds are going to ‘unnecessary’ activities yet Kenyans are struggling due to the high cost of living.
“We should be asking if we have the right framework to audit resources. The Office of the First Lady has a framework, I hope the Office of the Second Lady has the same framework.”
“The question however is, is this the right time for us to be seeing these numbers? No, because Kenyan are asking how we will pay debt, reduce cost of living.”
“I do not understand the economic advisors of this country. We have lost it. I do not know how they advise that taxing and more taxing will make you collect revenue. Companies are closing and leaving Kenya. Who will remain?”
“The worst thing is that all the economic advisors of the president do not believe that we came out of Covid-19, it is like they were living in their own world that time.”
“They should have given companies that closed that time to rebuild, instead of introducing all these taxes, that way you will get this revenue you are looking for.”
“As parliament, we should be talking about removing those economic advisors, and have the president look for a new key team. How can the CBK governor come out and tell us that the Kenyan Shilling has been overvalued all those years?” Posed the ODM lawmaker.
Elachi’s remarks comes after Business daily reported that Treasury has increased the budget of the Deputy President’s office to Sh4.29 billion, which is an increase by Sh759.4 million from Sh3.8 billion.