With corruption in top government officials on the rise, tough times are predictable in the coming days as the country and the common mwananchi face a daunting task to cover for the embezzled funds.
It will take quite some time before the Sh9 billion National Youth Service funds are fully recovered and put to the correct use if at all the country does not get the money back from the named individuals.
Devastating budget cuts are expected as the country struggles to match the rising demand of the cost of living that is in the offing in the coming days.
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s assertion that those who embezzled the funds is a far cry and needs to be made practical and plans to recover the funds be layered out to ensure that none of the state or the common mwananchi suffers in any way.
An expected hike in essential commodities like food and fuel is, of course, expected because that is the only way the government can use to acquire funds to fund development projects and also see to it that the country's progress is not stagnated.
The embezzlement of funds at the National Cereals and Produce Board is a sour state of affairs considering how heavily the country relies on agriculture to feed the population and also ensure that there are surplus funds developed from it.