This is what makes me want to pick and take pigs to the street, (pun intended):
The
projections of the Kenyan budget are forever on the rise and have now
hit the trillions mark...There is a huge problem when we start running
adverts for commodities such as bread (with the intention of making
consumers spend on bread) this is an indication that,bread has now has
become a luxury. Bread and basic food commodities such as flour should
never be a luxury. One of the responsibilities of a nation state is to
ensure the feeding of its populace.
It does not make sense
that teachers have been asking for a pay rise since the 1990S and there
is yet to bea full implementation of their salaries increment plan to
date. Thus the threat by KUPPET to call a strike soon. This happens as
Members of parliament seek an increment of their salaries only 4 months
into their service of the Kenyan people(Contrast this to a teacher...or a
doctor who has been serving the government since,say 1978)...and yes,
they (Mps) are now bagging 800,000 home.
So then, this
begs the question, what should be the minimum wage, measured against
productivity; and is the inflation rates justifiable? It seems like the
harder the Kenyan people work, the more they pay for basic commodities
and the heavier they are taxed. (There is a plan to re-introduce Value
Added Tax Bill as a matter of urgency. A tax that will affect basic
commodities)
There may be a parliamentary oversight
committee to ensure there is transparency in the budgeting process;but
this does not stop leaders from unbridled greed. The problem I find
with the nation state as an institution is that it mainly generates its
income and consequently money for expenditure from taxing its
citizenry/subjects.
Indeed, as in 'Animal farm’ a
contributing factor to the confusion of the animals was that the pigs,
which worked less,received more rations than the other animals. It was
explained that the pigs needed more rations to stay healthy, as they were
mandatory to the success of Animal Farm. This, to the animals, clarified
why in an equal society one species was receiving more than another. The
other animals respected this answer only because they trusted their
leaders and were willing to sacrifice for a better life[i].
Extrapolate this to the ‘Kenyan Animal farm’; as has been the evidence
from the increased salaries of parliamentarians, the high cost of living,
and high taxation: we do not trust these leaders to sacrifice for a
better life. If anything they act conversely to this expectation.
(to be continued)
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