As State coffers are bled dry, voters are cannon fodder in war of the elite

Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang'o (right) before the Investments and Special Funds committee at the KICC, Nairobi, on February 22, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

If there were comic competitions for public administration, I can bet this country could win all the gold medals on offer.

For anyone who is familiar with provisions of Chapter 12 of the Constitution, the accompanying Public Fianncial Management Act of 2012 and the Public Financial Management Regulations of 2015, then the events of this past week sound like a movie cast from hell.