El Nino chaos in Kenya shows no lessons learnt

Over the past one week, we have lost more than $7 million (about Sh700 million). And no, it is not how much we are paying for the 22 MPs and seven senators’ visit to the nine-day Assembly of State Parties meeting in The Hague.

Allow me to digress for a minute. Isn’t it just a few days ago that Treasury banned non-essential foreign trips due to the much-publicised cash crunch? In what realm does having an entourage of 29 individuals constitute necessity or a constructive use of taxpayers’ Sh100 million? Are all 29 going to be presenting an agenda to the Assembly?