•Friday, June 16, 2006
listening to the finance minister reading the budget yesterday a sense of thrill, hope and patriotism bubbled inside of me. beyond his eloquence, posture and cuteness lay strong communiqué of hope and goodwill for our beloved motherland. i was impressed and proud of a former chairman of a prominent institute i subscribe to (i.e. icpak), just as i am proud of michael waweru of the kenya revenue authority. it also reminded me that in our country we got thinkers; creative and innovative servants who are ready to think outside the box if there is political goodwill and commitment. the execution of those wonderful proposals is another issue altogether but what we had yesterday is a good step in the right direction.
good work amos: just like the biblical amos, you’ve become a prophet of hope and restoration as you lay the cornerstone of our building blocks for growth and prosperity. i pray you will not burst my bubble like the way your colleagues burst the narc dream and wiped from our skies the rainbow vision. i hope you were not fuelling my day dreams with all those great plans for infrastructural development. just like the cdf, latf and hiv constituency funds, i laud the kshs 11 million per constituency for building roads, the revamping of 210 village polytechnics, the introduction of turnover tax and the advent of infrastructure bonds in our capital markets. i wish it will not turn out that you helped me build castles in the air when your hawk-eyed political opponents unearth anglo-leasing financing shady deals when they scrutinize your budgetary provisions later. but listening to you last evening on NTV’s ‘on the spot’ with julie gichuru, i am convinced you mean and will act well and i believe you for now.
thank you for seeking to reward philanthropy and corporate social responsibility via making tax deductible expense of the same. i am sure the likes of safaricom, bamburi cement, athi river mining, shell, magadi soda, eabl and a host of other corporate giants are clapping, so are we noble good hearted kenyans. pushing kenya towards budget financing independence is a giant leap towards liberation from neo-colonialism. a host of other good things you said are worthwhile and if your government just does the roads comprehensively i can assure you of my vote in the coming elections regardless of what orange and kanu tells me. if you fail on this one the converse will be true no matter what else you do.
nevertheless, the increase of kshs 3.20 per litre on the fuel levy was too theoretical and the practical implications may surmount the convenience of scrapping road licenses in the short term. we, the common wananchi may suffer irredeemably. but if you make all those other niceties you uttered come to life, i will promise you one thing. i will more than gladly dig my pocket deeper through increased transport costs and incidental price increases related to higher fuel costs to finance the public kitty. this i will do, although i already give you 30 per cent of my income every month. woe unto me if you don’t bring to life your sweet words. for i will be a twice beaten, thrice shy disillusioned kenyan and i will dissociate from you and your ilk then.
good work amos: just like the biblical amos, you’ve become a prophet of hope and restoration as you lay the cornerstone of our building blocks for growth and prosperity. i pray you will not burst my bubble like the way your colleagues burst the narc dream and wiped from our skies the rainbow vision. i hope you were not fuelling my day dreams with all those great plans for infrastructural development. just like the cdf, latf and hiv constituency funds, i laud the kshs 11 million per constituency for building roads, the revamping of 210 village polytechnics, the introduction of turnover tax and the advent of infrastructure bonds in our capital markets. i wish it will not turn out that you helped me build castles in the air when your hawk-eyed political opponents unearth anglo-leasing financing shady deals when they scrutinize your budgetary provisions later. but listening to you last evening on NTV’s ‘on the spot’ with julie gichuru, i am convinced you mean and will act well and i believe you for now.
thank you for seeking to reward philanthropy and corporate social responsibility via making tax deductible expense of the same. i am sure the likes of safaricom, bamburi cement, athi river mining, shell, magadi soda, eabl and a host of other corporate giants are clapping, so are we noble good hearted kenyans. pushing kenya towards budget financing independence is a giant leap towards liberation from neo-colonialism. a host of other good things you said are worthwhile and if your government just does the roads comprehensively i can assure you of my vote in the coming elections regardless of what orange and kanu tells me. if you fail on this one the converse will be true no matter what else you do.
nevertheless, the increase of kshs 3.20 per litre on the fuel levy was too theoretical and the practical implications may surmount the convenience of scrapping road licenses in the short term. we, the common wananchi may suffer irredeemably. but if you make all those other niceties you uttered come to life, i will promise you one thing. i will more than gladly dig my pocket deeper through increased transport costs and incidental price increases related to higher fuel costs to finance the public kitty. this i will do, although i already give you 30 per cent of my income every month. woe unto me if you don’t bring to life your sweet words. for i will be a twice beaten, thrice shy disillusioned kenyan and i will dissociate from you and your ilk then.
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