Ruto asks for KSh2 billion in the budget to finance his foreign travel
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President Ruto asks for KSh2 billion budget allocation to finance his foreign travel amid harsh economic times
President Ruto asks for KSh2 billion budget allocation to finance his foreign travel amid harsh economic times.
The already overburdened taxpayers would have to forced to dig deeper to raise KSh 2 billion to pay for President William Ruto’s international travel.
This is if the Parliament will approve his KSh 1.3 billion budget additional request,
The National Treasury gave him KSh 700 million for the aforementioned visits in the fiscal year that starts on July 1.
The National Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee has also allocated KSh 301 million for state protocol and utilities.
Ruto’s office had also requested KSh 2 billion for the utilities, which include cleaning, transport, fuel, and maintenance of KSh 500 million, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development at KSh 100 million, African Union at KSh 150 million, among others.
The president and his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, were recently on the spot after spending their entire budget for the entire year in just seven months.
It was established that the Executive Office of the President spent KSh 9.09 billion from January to the end of the year compared to the KSh 8.64 billion estimates for the entire year.
The demand for the huge foreign travel budget comes amid a section of Kenyans’ opposition to Ruto’s tax proposals to fund government expenditure.
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Azimio leader Raila Odinga has already warned Ruto that he has only two options regarding the Finance Bill 2023.
Raila said the president should either listen to Kenyans or ignore them and face a battle he has never seen before.
“Kenya Kwanza has two options: face and listen to Kenyans or ignore them and face a battle with Kenyans never seen before in this country,” Raila said.
In a statement to newsrooms, Raila said the proposed taxes in the bill do not affect him or his co-principals and that he was only fighting for lowly-paid Kenyans.
“The housing levy which now seems non-negotiable, does not affect Raila Odinga or my principals at a personal level. All of us are unemployed and do not have salaries to be deducted from the housing levy. We are fighting for those Kenyans whose salaries have continued to shrink because of taxes, loans, and statutory deductions,” he explained.
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