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KENYA IN FIGURES: Based on CBK data and other GoK data sources, Kenya borrowed Ksh 1Trillion in the last 8 Months. Meaning we are borrowing between Ksh 3.5Bn to 4Bn per Day. This is new debt or net debt excluding refinancing or debt borrowed to pay other debts. In...

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Senegal Debts and Kenyan lessons. Senegal is currently in turbulence in debt management. Upon assuming office, the current government led by President Diomaye Faye and PM Ousmane Sonko realised that the previous government led by President Macky Sall had borrowed around $13Bn in Secret loans "Off the Book". Meaning the amount was not included in the mainstream Debt book. We must as a country avoid falling in that kind of an abyss. The National debt in Kenya is now over Ksh 12.5 Trillion. This is the loan book. We are borrowing Ksh 3.5Bn to Ksh4Bn every day. I mean Net borrowing. What is borrowed to pay previous loans not included. Unfortunately, on top of this and besides the mainstream borrowing, the Government is also for the 1st time borrowing off the Book without transparency. 1. Securitisation - The government has already borrowed Ksh 175Bn by offering as security fuel levy that is to be collected for the next 7 years. The process is underway for another over 100Bn on the same. 2. Talanta Bond - GoK borrowed through a bond Kah 44.5Bn, offering as security money that is to be collected by Sports Fund for the next 15 years. The interest alone for the Ksh 44.5 Bn loan will be 100Bn after that period. 3. Tourism Fund. The fund is effectively also on the same line and path. 4. Plans are underway to take around Ksh 400Bn loan by offering Housing Levy that is to be collected in the next many years as security. Basically collecting Housing Levy in advance. 5. The National Treasury is also in the process of forming an "Infrastructure Fund" which will is also a vehicle of borrowing more off the book. This is how it is working - Create a fund, then institute levies, then use the history of the Levy collected to borrow secretly off the book. This while is illegal also contrains the future flexibility of the country's fiscals or funds. All these Funds and institutions are fully owned by GoK. You cannot therefore treat loans taken by any of the government institution differently, especially non commercial institutions. If the institutions are unable to pay, GoK will pay. That's why w e must not do these kinds of implementation. It is important that Kenyans know this. Ramifications will definitely come. I hope sanity reigns and we avert a catastrophe by acting differently. We are African and Africa is our Business..

Ndindi Nyoro

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KENYA MUST LOWER VAT ON FUEL AND REDUCE FUEL LEVY: Fuel prices globally were higher in March of 2022 at around $100 Per Barell, reaching a peak over $116 Per Barell in May of 2022. Higher than the current global oil prices. Yet, Petro was around Ksh 150 and diesel Ksh 131 at the peak in May. Even without a subsidy, it was still cheaper than now. Even while global prices halved from a high of $116 Per barrel in 2022 to below $55 Per barrel in December 2025, Kenyans didn’t notice the drastic global price change at the pump. The reason of high prices in Kenya includes the introduction of an extra 8% VAT in 2023 and an extra KSh 7 fuel levy in 2024. VAT is over Ksh 25 per liter. This is besides other excise taxes and levies. More interesting is that the government has already taken a loan or collected the Ksh 7 in advance through illegal securitization. This amounts to Ksh 32 billion per year. For non-oil-producing economies, their markets are price takers of the global prices; they are left with the tool of levies, taxes, or subsidies to deal with fuel prices. Taxes and levies account for around 50% of fuel prices in Kenya, among the highest in the World. A time has now come for Kenya to remove the Ksh 7 in fuel levy added in 2024 and recede the 8% VAT on fuel. The banks that participated in the illegal securitization should be made to pay for their greed. They either give a moratorium or laws must be changed. The government must intervene. Consumers have done their bit by paying additional VAT and fuel levy when prices were coming down; now it is time for the government to reciprocate by removing the 8% additional VAT and Ksh 7 fuel levy. Our economy cannot afford to shoulder all these levies and taxes at this time in consideration of the global dynamics. Kenyans must be shielded. The economy must be supported. It is unfathomable that fuel is cheaper in Uganda, yet their fuel requirements pass through Kenya. In Tanzania, Petro is below Ksh 155 in Kenyan shillings. Still cheaper in Rwanda. We are African and Africa is our Business..

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The quintessential question every Kenyan must grapple with today is: What is the purpose of government in Kenya? Let's take a look at Baringo County as we try to answer that question. Baringo County has a poverty rate of 47%. This is despite the fact that it has received KSH 60.3 billion since devolution. This county can only raise 3% of its budget, or KSH 250 million. 11 years into devolution. Its 45 MCAs in 2024-2025 consumed 10% of the entire budget on themselves. 10% of the entire budget. This county, after raising KSH 250 million locally: Spends 55% of all revenue on salaries for the 1% of people in government. The legal limit is 35%! That gimmick alone - 55% vs 35% - robs citizens KSH 1.5 billion in 2024-2025 alone. In the last three years, citizens have lost KSH 3.3 billion that way. Now, watch the attached video of a healthcare facility - collapsing because of corruption, incompetence, and indifference. This KSH 3.3 billion went to 1% of those in government. And, it does not include the money lost to corruption in the shameful facility under discussion. After raising KSH 250 million locally, or 3% of its budget, the county drops KSH 381 million on travel. Travelling in style. Where to? "Benchmarking exercise" in Tanzania. "Smart (more appropriately, "dumb") governance" in Dubai. "Empowering excellence" in Dubai. "Digital conference" in Rwanda. "Retirement planning" in Tanzania. "Leadership and integrity" in Tanzania. I mean - you gotta hand it to them. They are trolls per excellence. Leadership and integrity? The point is - this county that started by taking 55% of all revenue on salaries, drops KSH 381 million travelling, for absolute nonsense. ZERO VALUE FOR CITIZENS. The governor is taking home a basic income that is a whopping 75 times the income earned by the average citizen. The MCA? 15 times. All this information can be found on the last attachment. This county, in 2024-2025, spent KSH 0 on bursaries - in a county where one in two people cannot afford two meals in a day. It total, it spent only KSH 170 million on education in the county, which was about 1.9% of the budget. For all the children in the county. 55% on salaries, 1.9% on education. After all that wastage and greed - believe it or not, the county has a lengthy list of stalled projects. Look at the the third attachment here. Many of the stalled projects list: "Inadequate funding" has the reason that the project failed. The stalled projects include healthcare facilities and schools. Let that sink in. Our laws tell county governments - do not spend more than 35% of revenue on salaries for yourselves - because you are not the purpose for devolution. You are not the purpose for the existence of government. But - that doesn't mean anything. They spend 55% on salaries - on a tiny fraction of the county - less than 1% of the county population. In three years alone, this theft through illegal spending on salaries amounts to KSH 3.3 billion! They then take KSH 381 million for travel. The County Governor's office, is allocated KSH 3.9 billion, out of a county budget of about KSH 9 billion. Crazy, right? The Governor's office's budget is larger than: The county assembly; Roads department; Health services department Agriculture department; and Water and irrigation. COMBINED! The question I said we need to grapple with is: What is the purpose of government in Kenya? Devolution as currently set up will not work, without significant reform. What you see above is not government. It is not devolution. It is extraction. Pure and simple. We as Kenyans need to love our country better. And when you love anything, you want the best version of it. We cannot spend 70% of every single shilling in our name on 3% of Kenyans, and act like we are a country with a government. Our country owes KSH 12 trillion, for which the future of this country is in serious jeopardy. A country where about 50% of all citizens are youth - is spending over 80% of all revenue on debt service, perpetuating this type on insanity. And when Kenyans ask questions, they are called merchants of anarchy. Their patriotism is questioned. They are told they are not educated. Change Must Come. Baringo County Govt. Abdi Nasambu

Bonnie Mwangi, CPA, LLM, MBA

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