MaurineTheuri
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The dailies also reported on the disputed International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan to Kenya and the renewed call by Tangatanga political faction to divert money set aside for referendum to fight COVID-19.
1. Daily Nation
Kenyans have come up with ingenious ways of beating the security system to travel upcountry.
Despite the cessation of movement in and out of Nakuru, Nairobi Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado counties, people are still sneaking in and out of the zoned area, but at more than triple the normal fares.
An unlikely alliance between matatu operators, boda bodas and corrupt police officers manning roadblocks has turned the head of state's order into a cash cow.
Lockdown There are now illegal toll station where public service vehicles pay KSh 1,000 per passenger to be allowed through.
Those unwilling to pay drop their passengers about a kilometre before the roadblock.
They then board boda bodas, which use 'panya routes' to go around the roadblock and then drop them at a safer place for the next part of the journey.
School buses are also being used to ferry passengers since they are not banned from the road.
2. The Standard
Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi wants the National Treasury to disclose conditions set out by the International Monetary Fund in approving the KSh 262 billion loan.
Speaking to the publication, the former finance minister said Kenyans need to know if there would be more taxes or reforms in the civil services that will result in public servants' mass firing.
Mudavadi also called for transparency in managing the country's swelling debt. He also urged the government to learn how to borrow without hurting the taxpayers.
3. People Daily
Allies of Deputy President William Ruto want the KSh 14 billion set aside for the national BBI referendum to be channelled towards the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Led by Nakuru senator Susan Kihika, Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie and his Kikuyu counterpart Kimani Ichung'wa, the lawmakers said the third wave of COVID-19 poses a danger to Kenyans and any available resources and energy should be channelled towards containing the virus. While addressing a press conference in Nairobi on
Monday, April 5, the MPs proposed that the funds be used to set up a Lifeline Fund to offer stipends of KSh 3,500 per month to four million households in the five counties under lockdown.
4. Taifa Leo
Eldoret Catholic Diocese Bishop Dominic Kimemengich has asked Uhuru to emulate his predecessor Mwai Kibaki on how he ran the economy without excessive borrowing.
The man of God said corruption and poor management of funds was the reason for Kenya's insatiable appetite for loans. He said as a result of corruption, the borrowed money ends up in the pockets of a few people.
1. Daily Nation
Kenyans have come up with ingenious ways of beating the security system to travel upcountry.
Despite the cessation of movement in and out of Nakuru, Nairobi Kiambu, Machakos and Kajiado counties, people are still sneaking in and out of the zoned area, but at more than triple the normal fares.
An unlikely alliance between matatu operators, boda bodas and corrupt police officers manning roadblocks has turned the head of state's order into a cash cow.
Lockdown There are now illegal toll station where public service vehicles pay KSh 1,000 per passenger to be allowed through.
Those unwilling to pay drop their passengers about a kilometre before the roadblock.
They then board boda bodas, which use 'panya routes' to go around the roadblock and then drop them at a safer place for the next part of the journey.
School buses are also being used to ferry passengers since they are not banned from the road.
2. The Standard
Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi wants the National Treasury to disclose conditions set out by the International Monetary Fund in approving the KSh 262 billion loan.
Speaking to the publication, the former finance minister said Kenyans need to know if there would be more taxes or reforms in the civil services that will result in public servants' mass firing.
Mudavadi also called for transparency in managing the country's swelling debt. He also urged the government to learn how to borrow without hurting the taxpayers.
3. People Daily
Allies of Deputy President William Ruto want the KSh 14 billion set aside for the national BBI referendum to be channelled towards the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Led by Nakuru senator Susan Kihika, Dagoretti South MP John Kiarie and his Kikuyu counterpart Kimani Ichung'wa, the lawmakers said the third wave of COVID-19 poses a danger to Kenyans and any available resources and energy should be channelled towards containing the virus. While addressing a press conference in Nairobi on
Monday, April 5, the MPs proposed that the funds be used to set up a Lifeline Fund to offer stipends of KSh 3,500 per month to four million households in the five counties under lockdown.
4. Taifa Leo
Eldoret Catholic Diocese Bishop Dominic Kimemengich has asked Uhuru to emulate his predecessor Mwai Kibaki on how he ran the economy without excessive borrowing.
The man of God said corruption and poor management of funds was the reason for Kenya's insatiable appetite for loans. He said as a result of corruption, the borrowed money ends up in the pockets of a few people.