?We must balance short-term suffering and long-term gain

President Uhuru Kenyatta

Fellow Kenyans, I have a constitutional duty to ensure legislative instruments presented for my signature conform to our national aspirations, fulfill government’s basic obligations to our people, and are implementable.

The Finance Bill 2018/19 brought to me yesterday fell short of this threshold. It protected the status quo and sacrificed the bigger vision. It took the easy path, instead of rising to the challenges of our time. It was good politics, but bad leadership.