Of IEBC’s Sh41b request and our dalliance with absurdities

IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati [Samson Wire. Standard].

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) tells us it will spend a whopping Sh41 billion to conduct the general election next year. It would have been helpful to have access to the budget breakdown if only to kill off any suspicions that the figure is considerably inflated.

Upfront, let us have our records straight. It is not just IEBC that is intending to spend unjustified figures, many ministries and county governments think the same and act the same. It is all about spending, spending and more spending. After all, “hii pesa sio ya mama yako”, as we have been reminded in the past.