CS John Mbadi- I Found Confusion And Complexity Of Issues To Settle When I Came Into Office

[@SamuelMwangi-i7d]

we should put wanjigi and mbadi treasury team on a panel so they confirm if the information wanjigi highlight is correct and if correct what should be done

[@CNyabera]

Ingia kwa website ya CBK and do the math. Wanjigi is correct

[@Izzy_B241]

😂😂😂😂😂 wanjigi is a fala who just happens to be rich

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

​@@Izzy_B241 that's your opinion which you have a right to. Soma comment ya @samuelmwangi first. Or else wewe ndio utakua fala.

[@anthonymuhoro2621]

Any other spare mind left or this all​@@Izzy_B241

[@anthonymuhoro2621]

So long as someone has the audacity of working for and under zakayo, anything you say is just hot air

[@jkilonzo]

The PPP model is not the issue here, nor is the need to expand our airport! What happened to competitive tendering??? Why was Adani single sourced????

[@meshacknyongesa8686]

@@jkilonzo the elephant in the house is that...

[@markkolam4780]

Mbadi, many Kenyans were not happy with the mechanisms that landed you in the treasury. We're almost saying, 'ya ndwele zipite,' we can close our eyes to give you the benefit of doubt that you are going to perform. What Kenyans need is the revival of our economy. From the conversation, you convince me that you know what that docket should do, please restore our confidence

[@dicksonoguya9322]

Which Kenyan's weren't happy?

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

He said he's going to cut the budget deficits, let's hold him to account on that. Coz hapo ndio shida ya Kenya ipo.

[@BoroEbk]

Why does government issue IFBK bond with no specific projects listed in prospectus

[@Nedyiesh]

This is a new john mbadi.. I can't believe he's the one talking

[@juliussuchi4302]

Waziri on Adani, Wakili Willis suggests that the airport deal can still be done through KAA floating a right issue to the public or even government floating an infrastructure bond to get the funds it is looking for to improve JKIA. Is that possible?

[@CNyabera]

Ministry of transport

[@hezekiahmatiko3494]

bado unaskiza stori za pikipikiponki😂😂😂

[@Kim_difloyd]

Perfect 👌👌👌👌👌 this guy is fit that Job everything he says is factual and makes sense Good job Mbadi., One request can you and Jimmy Wanjigi have an interview on Spice fm and address the debt issues he is talking about. I don’t fully trust Jimmy with his theories but someone has to address that issue with him on the same interview so that we understand the correct position

[@georgemayo5623]

Very well explained if there are challenges, the challenges will be solved even if it takes step by step. In life there is always a challenge.

[@brianmwangi7886]

It all sounds solid on paper but the reason systems do not work is because they face a lot of internal resistance. Those in higher ups want loopholes they can exploit to get kick-backs and money lost as it changes hands and departments. A transparent process would leave them exposed something they can not agree to.

[@ianabrayogendo6181]

Mbadinomics I like this fellow very bright and knowledgeable fellow.

[@georgeodhiambo598]

Whether one agrees with what Mbadi says or not, we ought to accept that he is one of the very few CSs whi engage with the media and to try and explain things. Just whats going on in the other ministries? Most of them are so quiet such that we have even forgotten their names! What do they do? What do they have in the pipeline?

[@wekesa25]

This interview was actually good when the interviewer was alone.

[@Kafuggi]

I differ

[@georgemayo5623]

CS John Mbandi is explaining this issue of taxation and the ICT system in KRA etc etc.

[@charlesrazawu2708]

It is not that the systems are not working , the problem is no one wants to implement those existing systems because they want to benefit from corruption, from top to the bottom .

[@manthematiks]

Spot on!!

[@juniourx2203]

That's why bandi came and implemented ... Systems don't want to work becouse poeple just don't want to work straight

[@SollyjumaKennedy]

On SHIF/SHA, if it is as good as they want to claim it is, then all civil servants from the President should enrol and strictly use it and abandon the private insurance, only then can we have this discussion of how good this thing is.

[@KiritShah-o6j]

Bring in more people in the income tax net so as to reduce the tax percentage for all tax payers! Millions of people not paying any taxes at all from their earnings/businesses.

[@Mike_Njoroge]

You realize that politics is a dirty game when everyone speaks the same language once in govt.

[@georgeodhiambo598]

But outside cabinet meetings, the Executive must speak the same language. They are expected to sort out their differences within those cabinet consultations. But of course the Legislature, which is a part of the Govt ought to hold the Executive to account.

[@paulsiro1775]

Mbadi is just a less spotty hyena . A hyena nonetheless.

[@simba995]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@wanjalaspha797]

Hahahahah good one😂😂😂

[@SoftRod]

Bro You Have spoken.. and even if you are a lamb amongst wolves, either you learn to act like wolves or get eaten

[@Izzy_B241]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Guya1984]

Always if not a Kikuyu then person is bad

[@SylvesterBonga]

pongezi waziri !

[@daviddavis7959]

What about the PFM act that was supposed to be audited by the controller of budget and auditor general before any funds were released from the consolidated fund. This is where the rain started beating us. The money was spent and continues to be spent willy nilly. PFM act was removed by Uhuru and this was unconsitutional. Is Badi going to restore the act?

[@birungideusdedit1919]

On corruption, procurement accounts for about 15-20% The 80% of the corruption happens at implementation, those who do expenditure and spending have the biggest contribution of corruption.

[@juliussuchi4302]

Bwana Mbadi, at this age and time, why should we still be having or hearing of ghosts workers in the civil service? What is the work of the public service ministry? We shouldn't be talking about ghost workers with the existence of a whole ministry in charge of the government HR. Why this dysfunction in government? Please get the right ppl in government to get things done.

[@georgeooko3716]

Make it mandatory for all in persons (legal or natural) doing business to issue KRA etims receipt and that where a business receives payment and does not issue an eTIMs receipt (upon demand within 7 days) then it is a crime and, at the same time, the customer can also sue the business directly in a civil suit.

[@abdimohammed846]

Call back Mbadi to talk about PPP please

[@Mtamaduni14]

Right person in the right docket in the wrong administration

[@georgemayo5623]

17% ghost workers that is a serious issue, which has to be tackled.

[@SoftRod]

Another Adani opportunity, just waxing lyrical on the station, OfCourse everyone is always replacing a system but not solving User Error AKA the people sabotaging the process.

[@akothsewe734]

yeah , yeah John mbatizaji... you are not the first one to say "It's true the Presidents thinking is aligned to mine as well" wek kelo koko ka

[@gracengari3171]

Get the systems working!! Citizens are suffering out here with NHIF/SHA/SHIF transition stalemate. Very disappointed that we got no SHIF rebate for my mothers hospital bill last week , have an appointment for Avastin injection waiting approval.....what was the point paying full year NHIF contribution??? Navumilia kuwa Mkenya

[@miltonbillah337]

Ask your doctor to help you understand the effect of avastatin to the heart calcification

[@edwin2638]

Mbadi is better, the dollar now has stabilized and predictable, Fuel cost has not short up instead gone done and predictable. Let us give him tym

[@miltononyango]

good job cs mbadi ...BUT the goverment is doing construction of affordable housing ..good but the private sector is hurting sir with all due respect do something on construction , interest rate for new home owners and for developers with a capacity to manage their loans , THERE IS ALMOST A STAND STILL IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR CONSTRUCTION .....You need to zero rate equipment for manufacture and give some sort of tax relief for first time manufactures to encourage locally manufactured goods.

[@TheTeddykimani]

The borrowing and budgeting laws Uhuru and Ruto messed up , is Mbadi fixing those laws ?

[@nicksonshango2082]

No updates on the economy

[@juniourx2203]

The good thing about a luo in office is that luos are good managers .....but we have a situation the opposition are in bed with gorvernment 😢😢😢

[@georgeodhiambo598]

Your statement is made out of ignorance. There is no such thing as Opposition under 2010 constitution. There is only The People and the Govt to which the people have donated some of their sovereign powers to exercise on behalf of the people. Then the Govt has 3 arms namely the Parliament, the Executive and the Judiciary. Then in Parliament we have Minority and Majority sides both of which are charged with the collective responsibility of, among other things, oversighting the Executive. Hiyo yako ya opposition umetoa wapi? Quote the clause in the constitution where such a term is found and I might take you a little more seriously. Finally, both Minority and Majority sides are in Govt by being members of Parliament which is one of the 3 arms of the Govt! Do you understand?

[@juniourx2203]

@georgeodhiambo598 I hope you understood shenzi wewe

[@sirstephenmohpastoralcare8029]

We need moi university opened

[@Gachango-mr2xq]

😫😫😫Mbadi seems to be a competent person but in a rogue, corrupt rotten regime that will stop at nothing including physically killing of dissenting voices.

[@KiritShah-o6j]

Property landlords not paying the correct taxes just by collecting cash rentals from the tenants and not invoicing as invoicing is subject to 16% VAT and 30% income tax.

[@sheikhfadhilaljahdhamy6751]

We dont sell

[@paulouma5497]

Amehepa hiyo stop ya ADANI Energy,if the due process was valid

[@wahomeadvocate]

We also need to know how much Adani is bringing otherwise he will be using our money to improve the airport.

[@juliussuchi4302]

CS Mbadi why don't you remove forcefully civil servants who are resisting structural changes that include technology implementation to enhance efficiency?

[@shaicagates5341]

They(rogue civil servants) will run to court and the govt may pay dearly for irregular dismissal.

[@danielwamai267]

Diaspora remittance has nothing to do with Mbadi being CS or not. Secondly, reduce taxation and introduce economic stimulus to re-energize the economy and possibly promote new FDI, then cut the sloth in government, the legislature, rationalize personal or recurrent expenditure in all governments, third play healthy politics, we need a mature opposition that is policy and issue based not gate crushers to government. As the government in waiting they should catalogue their economic plan. fourth, remove the alternative and parallel executive or alternative conduits to the executive, they create unpredictable "policies" due to their proximity to the centre of power. Fifth, the executive must grant CS more latitude to implement ideas and not being bullied by calls from higher up.

[@gitahimuthomi]

Next time, ask Mbadi to reduce PAYE by half, VAT by half and every tax by half. The result will everyones purchasing power increased by the same amount that their deductions have been reduced by and the same for cost of doing business. This cuts across everyone, from Mama mboga to the President to Govt expenditure. More investors will come and the economy will grow in the medium term and thrive in the long term and tax collected will go through. Everyone wins

[@englishwithnelson6138]

My kind of mindset. Cut taxes bigly, make it easy to do business

[@lydiakomen3701]

Thank you Cs mbadi for saving the country

[@kabuthakabutha9472]

He has not saved it yet. Let him reduce the budget deficits first. But at least he knows what ailments we are suffering from.

[@thecafcl8409]

Kenyans reacting emotionally on the comments sections as usual - instead of counterfactual takes

[@thefunniesttiktokersfromaf6476]

The best ever CS Treasury.Infact he is an expert.

[@BabaYaggah]

Infact he is the skank himself, the economy is still depreciating, our MOODYS rating is junk status and the projections are still not positive. By fact alone he will rank as one of the worst along with his predecessor only rivaled by Mois economy era. Just know that numbers indicate that between 2000 and 2010 is when our economy grew by 10% biannualy. But being his mouth peace and PR am sure you dont look at numbers, just tribal affiliations and village politics.

[@livewire_podcast]

He knows his words

[@georgeodhiambo598]

​​@@livewire_podcastIn the beginning, there was word. A leader must start by clearly articulating where he is headed before expecting others to fall in line. One of the biggest problems facing Ruto's regime is poor articulation by CSs. Who is the Minister for Water Development? ICT what does he do? Transport? Chirchir? What's going on in his Ministry? Environment? Yes I have seen Duale saying some nothings about Nairobi River and shutting down some night club. But where is the strategic direction? Forestry? The vacuum is limitless. I dare say that Mbadi is the only CSs with a strategic view of his docket. The rest are just 8am to 5 pm fellows.

[@livewire_podcast]

@@georgeodhiambo598 fact

[@livewire_podcast]

Kumbe he understands economics.......😂😂😂

[@danielmaitethiamemeu4482]

Bra bra bra. It's just talk.

[@phelixokoth6352]

Mbadi you’re full of shit. Could it be true that people lose their mind as soon as they join UDA?

[@wilsonmwangangi1309]

If you are 40 years and below better pray this man and the president succeeds .... otherwise you can kiss your dreams goodbye of succeeding

[@jeffndubi4866]

The Amason is being biased to Rigathi

[@georgekimani1969]

Competent Treasury CS in the wrong administration

[@thomsyentertainmentinc1422]

Kumbe hii kutenga nakuweka inakuuanga ina uambikizi kama homa. Sasa hawawatu wa ODM wameeanza kutuambia mambo ya kutenga na kuweka!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 we are not Boarding!!! Ruto, Raila, Rigathi Must All Go

[@dallasexplorer9368]

This is ODM in a KANU skin. This guy is telling us what we want to hear. A choreographed interview. Why should we trust this “opposition thug?” Put them together with Wanjigi so that we can have him interrogated by someone of a different opinion.

[@cliffrain824]

The government buys good and services that it does not pay for. The business man is hurting by selling to its government. Tumechoka

[@georgeodhiambo598]

Very true. I guess this is where pending bills that he has talked of clearing comes in. I noted that in one of his recent interviews he stated that he would work towards criminalizing pending bills. Government officials who cause pending bills to come into being must be held personally and criminally liable.

[@xpin1]

FA24 in diguise

[@thomsyentertainmentinc1422]

Hawa watu wamekubaliana kutufira bila hata sabuni.

[@livewire_podcast]

Wanatumia mate ama😂😂😂

[@notmwangi]

Cosmetic changes tu, at most only small-fish corruption and minor leakages will be reduced as the big fish continue to eat massively (including the biggest fish we all know who will never stop eating). How can Kenyans trust a government that has had corruption and/or conflict of interest in every single landmark project??? Across every ministry?? The "trust deficit" does not exist in a vacuum! Would the CS be speaking the same way about Adani before the broad-based handshake??

[@georgeodhiambo598]

What are you rambling on and on about? Corruption cuts across the whole fabric of the society and permeates throughout the Govt. Fighting corruption is not the duty of any one ministry. There are Government agencies charged with the responsibility of fighting corruption and Mbadi can take measures within Treasury to help curb corruption. Otherwise take your anti-corruption cries to EACC/DCI.

[@simonndune5279]

Mbadi may seem to know much about economic reform but kenyans we know hes working under the most corrupt and incompetent boss..its a matter of time before sudi calls for your impeachment 😢we kula uende zako kama wengine nkt!

[@georgeodhiambo598]

That's a wrong approach to making things better. Change must begin from somewhere.Let Mbadi and every other person do things to the best of their ability.

[@danielwamai267]

@@georgeodhiambo598 Kibaki never went to the press or media, huyu ni validation tuu, hubris and self contradictions... very busy at fault finding now anakunya maji iko na chumvi.. lets see how he handles Farouk Kibet.

[@georgeodhiambo598]

​@@danielwamai267 I don't know how old you are, but Kibaki was one of the most engaging Ministers when he served in that capacity. The Kibaki you are referring to is probably the one after the near fatal road accident that damaged some of his faculties. Secondly, it coincided with his presidency in which explaining Govt policies is already handed down to Ministers/CSs. One of CSs main roles is to participate in formulation of and to lead in communication of Govt policies. If a CS can't/doesn't communicated Govt policies falling under his docket, then who should?

[@danielwamai267]

@@georgeodhiambo598 thank you for your rejoinder. It is appreciated, however, Kibaki was never a victim of any complex, his articulation was mainly evident when espousing his party policies or manifesto. He did not need to validate or sell his ideas and when he did it was mainly based on actions not intent to do. In the Nyayo government he was aloof aside from being initially the lapdog as characterized by his infamous statement mugumo with a razor. Listen to his PA post retirment then you will know the character of his person. Back to Mbadi, he is all talk now perhaps for two ascribed reasons: a) deflection and hubris, b) communicating government fiscal policies...now let's interrogate these reasons....perhaps also their motivation or perceived rationale, he joined a very unpopular regime one that he criticized, the word skunk was the operational catchphrase. This blatant contradiction needs curtains to curtail accusations...of hypocrisy. Let's look at reason b) we have government spokesman who is mandated and whose gambit is to explain policies. I submit to you that this role falls squarely at his feet. Then we are left under the circumstances with one question what exactly is Mbadi job description. If it is to run to the mills and explain government fiscal policy. There are others better placed to do so. Over too you.

[@danielwamai267]

@@georgeodhiambo598 Thank you for your rejoinder, however I beg to contend and rebut your assertions. Kibaki never had any complexes and was never insecure, his articulation was measured and where necessary given to highlight the economic agenda of his party. In the time of Moi he was aloof aside for his sycophancy which was captured in the infamous " cutting Mugumo tree with a razor" but that was the end thereof. Now back to your brave alternative facts validating the course of Mbadi. I put it to you that TWO reasons emerge to mind as the potential drivers to Mbadi's new found dalliance with the media... reason a) At the time of his partisan loyalty, he was on the forefront smearing mud and infact he christened the KK as a skunk, well now look who is in the paddle of the skunk, its Mbadi but the proof of contrapositive makes/tags him the title of a hypocrite. A spineless party functionary who seeks favors while simultaneously being confronted by historical contradictions. The good thing is that internet does not forget. reason b) He rightly sees himself as the communication spokesman of the fiscal policy, but what exactly is his job description. Is it a spokesman within the treasury, so who gets to provide policy...I put it to you that he needs to get to work and give us tangible results, Kibaki never run to the media or sought attention of the press yet in the very end there was unanimous agreement on the economic recovery and growth. If you are in doubt, go look for interviews of his PA post retirement and a glaring contrast will be painted. Huyu is a party functionary and a KK apologist. This was confirmed while in Kisumu, he could not distinguish between being a government professional from a party functionary, a grey line you must say.

[@MrFrontface]

He talks jitterry....if we look at his account it might be 100m more in the few months. He went there to make money for some few individuals. He better do better than his predecessors

[@margaretkirimania1220]

Kuongea tu like his Boss bla bla bla

[@georgeodhiambo598]

Sasa wewe Margret unataka Mbadi alie?

[@ayaleyusuf295]

Is this the badi i knew,anyway lets me not praise you for fear you might waste the good job you have started.

[@ramakariz9376]

Kipindire ndo zawakenya yote hii ni porojo tuu. Hamna lolote wakora tuu.

[@dallasexplorer9368]

He is already worshipping Ruto who with his thugs are looting Kenya dry. Can’t stand this interview. Please get us serious people NOT Kenya Kwisha parrots.

[@muinjeke]

This guy can not do anything. I don't see gusto in his speech. To him, it is 9-5 job. The host are as much more incompetent

[@davidjuma8530]

Who is better than Eric & CT? Are you any better?

[@georgeodhiambo598]

I can't see your gustometer. That's a subjective comment which doesn't add any value.

[@samuelkasuni2112]

We dont want to see these characters!

[@georgeodhiambo598]

Which ones do you want to see?

[@SereneSoundscapes874]

'My President'

[@meshacknyongesa8686]

Bwana mbadi stop coming for interviews you are talking nothing

[@georgeodhiambo598]

Then why are you watching and even commenting?

[@meshacknyongesa8686]

@georgeodhiambo598 am commenting from Abijan bro where are you commenting from? Tomorrow I'll be in Turkey where will you be my brother?

[@georgeodhiambo598]

​@@meshacknyongesa8686Who cares where you are? What does it matter? It was your own statement that Mbadi should not even attend these media interactions because he is talking nothing. Yet you watch and even comment! Are you in the habit of watching what you believe to be nothing? You don't sound smart.

[@mrgitau1985]

This man is talking like a fresher first day in campus...lots of theoretical hullabaloo..expect nothing ..thieving is entrenched..

[@georgeodhiambo598]

​@@mrgitau1985 Mbadi is not addressing himself to members of the academia. His audience is the Kenyan public and he has been very successful in packaging his message for that audience.

[@chrispusmwathe3464]

I thought Mbadi had a brain until he was named the Treasury CS....the guy is clueless, but still pretends to know much...he is so shallow in his explanations

[@tonnybrillian8835]

How do we confirm that

[@BabaYaggah]

@@tonnybrillian8835 Look at the economy....It"s still moving down regardless of the verbal diarhoea coming from this man's mouth

[@davidjuma8530]

Those professors failed terribly. He might turn out to be David the Goliath slayer

[@georgeodhiambo598]

Lay bare your deep understanding of the subject so that we compare it with Mbadi's understanding.

[@TheMaestro-mx3zh]

Your professor was on that same seat few months ago and he was trembling like a child who's urinated on himself.

[@williammbuthiamaitai5274]

It's not true we Kenyans don't understand ppp deals what we are saying is that the andani airport transaction is not good for us it's one sided and how come all jobs connected with this particular company in Kenya are questionable and not transparent

[@reubenkamau7070]

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