Since the beginning of the pandemic, Kenya has borrowed more than Sh1 trillion, money intended to bolster the healthcare system and revitalize the economy through the storm of the pandemic.
However, of concern to Kenyans is how much of that money fell into controversy after overspending and corruption-related claims dominated as evident in the early stages of the pandemic.
By end of April 2020, one and a half months after the first case was recorded, the Ministry of Health had spent Sh1.3 billion even though the approved budget was Sh976.8 million.
On Thursday Kenyans also raised almost a quarter of a million shillings in a few hours towards anti-IMF loan crusader Mutemi Kiama’s hefty cash bail.
Kiama was arrested over two posters warning the International Monetary Fund against issuing further loans to Kenya, more directly to President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto.
Kiama was accused of contravening various provisions of the draconian Computer Misuse and Cybercrime Act, including false publication.