State wastes your sweat, asks for more

The task force that conducted a socio-economic audit of the 2010 Constitution has just released its interim findings. The audit was ordered after Treasury's budget was cut by more than Sh5.3billion.These 'savings' were, apparently, redirected to finance MPs' mortgage and car loan schemes.

Before we get into the details of the interim report, prepared by the team chaired by the auditor general and convened by the National Assembly's Budget and Appropriations Committee, let us examine a few not-so-fun facts. Various ministries serving public interest had their budgets cut by significant amounts in order to finance a few individuals' hankering for a comfortable existence, at the electorate's expense.