Ruto's haste to introduce more taxes will turn out to be a wild goose chase

This is in addition to Sh1.2 billion to run spousal offices that by all intentions and purposes are not only strangers to the laws of the land, but also whose public utility to the nation is highly debatable. State House's renovation budget itself has become an ever-moving target, now at Sh11.5 billion from an initial figure of about Sh1.2 billion. This is after surpassing its annual budget by more than Sh200 million barely into the third quarter of the fiscal year.

In the circumstances, it is very difficult for any sane Kenyan to fail to wonder whether this is the best that a Sh1.1 billion per year economic advisory team can offer to the nation. While the proposed tax measures remain suggestions until the Finance Bill is formally approved by Parliament and assented to by President William Ruto, this debate raises pertinent questions that must shape the conversation around it.