More leaders have hit out at National Treasury Henry Rotich over the nation’s current economical shortcomings and specifically the rising cost of living.
Speaking on Radio Jambo’s ‘Mazungumzo Waziwazi’ on Monday evening, Kimilili Member of Parliament Didmus Barasa blamed Rotich for Kenya's current woes emanating from the hike in fuel price after the 16 per cent Value Added Tax (VAT) increment.
He added that Rotich has failed to channel more funds towards empowering Kenyans, instead weakening the country by going for more credit, hence its current huge debt.
With the government initially claiming that most of the credit has been invested into infrastructure and development initiatives, Barasa noted that Rotich has failed to only pick out the most necessary projects, leading to massive borrowing to finance all of them.
‘’Ndio tunahitaji barabara lakini hatuhitaji superhighway. Rotich lazima ajue Kenya haiwezi kuwa kama Marekani kwa miaka mitano (Kenya cannot be transformed to resemble the United States in five years, we need to only do what is necessary with the available money),’’ he said.
‘’Mbona haoni maana ya kumsaidia Mkenya kwanza aboreshe uchumi ndipo atozwe ushuru (he should have Kenyans empowered first before resorting to taxing them),’’ he added.
His remarks were echoed by his nominated counterpart David Sankok, who blamed the CS for allegedly misadvising President Uhuru Kenyatta into landing the nation into huge debts.
‘’Lazima ajue ile economic advise anayompa Rais si nzuri. Sisi ni kati ya nchi zinazokuwa, iweje tunachukua madeni ya matrilioni ya pesa (he should stop misadvising the President into seeking trillions of credit, we are still a growing economy),’’ said Sankok.