There was a time Kenya’s first Finance Minister, James Gichuru “mimicked the hoarded goods” when he disappeared midway through his reading of the Budget speech, ostensibly to irrigate his dry throat. He was, however, not the only controversial Finance minister. Some of the 14 Finance ministers fared worse than Gichuru. There were other Finance ministers such as Mwai Kibaki, George Saitoiti and Simeon Nyachae, who made other blunders. These days, reading of the Budget has lost its glamour as the public is somehow involved in preparing the government’s expenditure.

Source: Standard Digital June 09, 2021 16:41 UTC