Budgeted 'graft' is real cause of the tax burden

Health CS Susan Nakhumicha and EACC Chairperson David Oginde during the launch of report on corruption and unethical conduct in Kenyan healthcare projects for National and County Governments at Nairobi hotel on May 17, 2023. [Samson Wire, Standard]

As debate over the Finance Bill rages on, one recurring assertion is that the government is between a rock and a hard place.

That the government has to choose between borrowing more and taxing more. It may seem cliche when we mention corruption as the first culprit in a government's inability to fund its budget.