Atwoli calls on Ruto to sack Treasury CS
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Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli wants President Ruto to sack Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung’u for showing shows of helplessness
Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli wants President Ruto to sack Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung’u for showing shows of helplessness.
Speaking on Saturday, Atwoli asserted that rather than focusing on finding ways to raise revenue to fund the government, CS Ndung’u was spreading fear among Kenyans.
The COTU chief emphasized that the country is facing challenging economic times and that the CS should offer answers rather than project helplessness.
“We know we have external debts calculate and let us know if Ndung’u comes out with the report…not to cry the way he was crying…’this government is broke, I cannot even be able to pay salaries…we’re struggling,” said Atwoli.
“If I was Ruto I will sack him the following day, I will sack him! Because yeye ndio mama, anaambia Watoto eti sasa hii nyumba sijui mtakula nini…you’re instilling fear.”
Atwoli says Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u is among the bureaucrats sabotaging President William Ruto’s agenda for the country.
He was displeased with Ndung’u’s plaints of the country being broke yet Kenyans were remitting the many taxes imposed on them by the government.
“You have asked us to pay for housing levy, where are those houses? You have asked us to pay more taxes, and KRA is on our necks, where is this money going?
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Atwoli’s remarks came after Treasury CS revealed last week before the National Assembly’s budget committee that the government was experiencing revenue collection challenges that were hurting salary payments as well as NGCDF disbursement.
“We are working very hard so that even before Christmas we make sure that we make some few steps. By the way we are even having trouble with salaries, we are clearing salaries with arrears. The team in the treasury is working very hard,” said Ndung’u.
The Treasury CS explained that the country is facing a liquidity crisis as a result of the drought and El Nino challenges that forced the government to allocate a supplementary budget to save lives.
“We are facing a serious liquidity crisis and that is why we can’t come in as fast as we would like to but it is not an insolvency problem,” he added.
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