Fellow Kenyans, The Bible says at Isaiah 3:1: See now, the Lord, the LORD Almighty, is about to take from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: all supplies of food and all supplies of water. President Kenyatta, in order to salvage Kenya, must himself sacrifice his salary for 12 months since his family is already wealthy. Otherwise, it will take Kenya 50 years to reach where Nigeria is today. Additionally, unnecessary spending must be flushed down the sewer and the anti-corruption watchdog constitutionally empowered to form its own court and prison systems. Kenya’s current wage bill stands at 53 percent of the national budget and uses up 55 percent of the country’s revenue. This is way beyond the accepted international standard for sub-Saharan Africa, which is 34 percent. Its workforce now stands at a staggering 700,000 employees, with a wage bill that has shot up from $2.3bn in 2008/2009 to $5.3bn in 2012/2013. Many people have been poached from the private sector at exorbitant pay packages. The government has 6,444 positions – from governors and their deputies, members of parliament, members of county assemblies, and female representatives. Then there are the administrative officials who existed before devolution. The list is exhausting. Many say the public sector has too many people duplicating roles. The taxpayer is paying 300,000 “ghost workers” – people listed as workers who dont work. The unsustainably high wages also place Kenya at a high risk of becoming the most uncompetitive country in sub-Saharan Africa. Firing civil servants, though, is likely to have disastrous political consequences for the ruling coalition which won the 2013 election partly on a platform of job creation. But there comes a certain point at which a country must be saved. If the crisis remains unchecked, the country could shut down. The country shutting down means Arab Spring Kenyan remix. Whatever we are seeing today shows that disgruntled Kenyans are secretly training to take the TNA government head-on in order to survive. For the delinquent ones who support crime and hit the truth by attacking me, here is my verdict as speaks Psalm 75:5-8: Do not lift up your horn on high, Do not speak with insolent pride. No one from the east or the west or from the desert can exalt themselves. It is God who judges: He brings one down, he exalts another. In the hand of the LORD is a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices; he pours it out, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to its very dregs. If I were President Kenyatta, Id fire a few and be liked by a majority of voters who are now dwindling in economic and security limbo. The question is, does the government have the will to bite the bullet and live with the consequences? Vote Quincy Timberlake to salvage Kenya from further National Wage Bill deterioration. The jury is out.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Apr 2014 05:13:44 +0000
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