Ndung'u defends tax pain, seeks your help to lift up the hustlers

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndungu (centre). The Treasury CS wants KRA to collect more so as to fund ambitious Kenya Kwanza plan. [Samson Wire, Standard]

The Kenya Kwanza administration defended its controversial spending plan in Parliament that was marked by protests by opposition MPs who staged a walkout.

The Ruto government, under pressure to deliver on its rosy campaign pledges including bringing down the cost of living, said it needs time for its ambitious programmes to have an effect on the ground but also help from the private sector and foreign lenders to meet its massive public investment needs.