CBK's taste for fine whisky flies in face of austerity talk

A couple admires a bottle of wine in a supermarket. [Getty Images]

President William Ruto's order requiring senior officials to cut public spending and save money his government needs to pursue its development agenda appears to have fallen on deaf ears as hundreds of millions of shillings are still being splashed on luxury and unnecessary services by some State agencies.

In a move that has raised eyebrows, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has issued a tender for the supply and delivery of assorted premium wines and spirits for the Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS).