The briefcase, too, seemed heavy in his hands, and he tried his best to keep it off his chest. Unlike last year when he revealed his neatly-placed teeth a thousand times, the former governor wasn’t in the mood to smile. There was nothing in the briefcase that would make them genuinely smile, despite this year’s being the fattest Budget. Yatani had something for them – salaries and CDF money to spend on, among other less important things, buy loyalty. He didn’t appear threatened by MPs’ promises to disrupt his Budget Speech, probably because he is used to threats from bigger people.

Source: Standard Digital June 12, 2021 21:00 UTC