Rotich needs to get his head out of the sand and stop borrowing

In the past, National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich has told off the International Monetary Fund on the country’s rising debt levels. As a newspaper with a keen interest in the social and economic progress of the country, we can only hope that Mr Rotich is right and the US-based institution is wrong.

But no, Rotich is wrong. We do not want to bring in the sentiments of another Anglo-American institution, the World Bank Group. This would trigger a predictable defence citing neo-colonialism, a cliché that many African leaders and policymakers resort to when cornered.