Presidential economic advisor Moses Kuria has opened up on one difficult thing that Kenyans should expect going forward.
Kuria, the man who served as the cabinet secretary in the President William Ruto administration before being demoted to just an advisor has come up with a controversial statement. His sentiments warning Matiang’i and other people planning to clinch the Presidency in 2027.
According to Moses Kuria, those planning to be President don’t know what they are going into. He has illustrated how the country is suffering with huge bills and debts only leaving less than two hundred billions for development.
Kuria has also decried the courts decisions that are stopping the government from getting money by blocking any selling of government agencies.
Kuria has insisted that for Kenya to prosper, it will have to work on various things that are not really easy to handle.
“Sometimes I wonder whether people who want to be President of Kenya know what they would be getting into. Looking closely at Budget Estimates 2025-2026, picture this
1. Ksh 1.3 Trillion out of Ksh 4.2 Trillion will go to payment and servicing of debts as well as pensions. This is not negotiable and we can never default on that. The price to pay for our thoughtless expansionism in the past
2. Another Ksh 1.7 Trillion will go to finance RECURRENT Expenditure of the National Government . Of which Ksh 680 Billion is salaries for our bloated and inefficient civil service which you can not reform because JOBLESS Kenyans will go to the streets to defend the civil servants who contine to eat everything at the expense of the rest of Kenyans
3. Still on the National Government Recurrent Expenditure, we are officially a Communist Country. Karl Marx is very proud of us. Free Education, Pesa ya Wazee, Fertilisers, Health etc at a cost of Ksh 700 Billion. Ebu jaribu kugusa any of that . Ot to stop the Ksh 400 Billion that is transferred to useless and inefficient parastatals that you can not sell because courts will grant injunctions as freely as sweets in a Chrismas party.
4. And Counties are waiting. Ksh 405 Billion in equitable sharing , Ksh 59 Billion in Equalisation Fund and Ksh 10 Billion in Conditional Grants totalling to Ksh 471 Billion. Try negotiate that or question how that huge amount is spent and you are an enemy of devolution.
5. At the end of the day the only amount you can discretionary allocate for development is a paltry Ksh 291 Billion or 6.9% of the 4.2 Trillion. 93.1% you have no say.
Wishing all the best to all our beloved Presidential Candidates” Posted Kuria.
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