Murkomen Counters DP Gachagua on the State of Economy

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Monday, April 10, 2023 –Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport Kipchumba Murkomen has broken his silence on the raging debate in the country as concerns the state of economy.

Speaking somewhere in Uasin Gishu on Monday April 10 noon, the Roads CS told the audience that it was wrong for some sections to claim that the country has no money and that it had gone broke. He, instead, clarified that the country has a lot of money but most of it is being channeled to service debts.

He pointed out that the last regime of Uhuru Kenyatta plunged the country into an astronomical financial crisis and is taking the new government time to rectify that mess.

“Do not be misled. I have heard some people claim that there is no money in the country. That is not the case. What is happening is that any money being collected is being used to deal with debts.

“The last regime borrowed carelessly and it is very hard to account for some of these debts,” he claimed.

Mr. Murkomen’s statement seemed to be contradicting deputy president Rigathi Gachagua’s unending rant on the state of public coffers.

Gachagua, since taking power, has always complained that the Uhuru Kenyatta regime borrowed and cleared the Treasury dry before exiting power.

In his own words, the deputy president claims that the country is nothing but a dilapidated economy brought around by the Handshake regime.

All these is happening as many civil servants including Members of Parliament MPs experience delayed salaries.

Minority Leader in the National Assembly, Opiyo Wandayi, recently exposed the William Ruto’s government for having not released their March 2023 salaries.

The Ugunja lawmaker allied to Azimio la Umoja attributed this problem to poor prioritisation and governance.