Our problem isn't lack of money; it's reckless spending by leaders

President William Ruto taking Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta on a tour around State House after the joint EAC-SADC meeting on the restoration of peace and stability in the DRC..PSCU. [File,Standard]

Every year, the Treasury marches before Kenyans with the same tired message: We must raise more revenue. New levies, new compliance measures, more taxes.

Ordinary Kenyans already crushed by the cost of living are told to tighten their belts, yet the state itself refuses to do the same.