Laikipia residents have said the budget estimates for the 2025/2026 Financial Year will overburden Kenyans with more tax burden, saying the planners should reduce it.
Speaking at Nanyuki National Government Constituency Development Fund Hall on the days of the public participation on the budget, participants called on the National Treasury to trim the budget downwards and let the country live within its means instead of borrowing heavily to support development projects.
The sittings, chaired by a member of the National Assembly Budget and Appropriations Committee, John Paul Mwirigi, were told that much efforts and resources should be directed at promoting health, education, and agriculture to boost the economy.
The former Laikipia Executive member in charge of finance noted that currently the debt to Gross Domestic Product ratio was at 68 percent, up from 55 percent, terming it as a breach of the law and a warning to the country to keep the debt burden at the minimum. "A trillion shillings will go to service the debt and at the same time, we will be going for a loan of the same amount to finance this budget.
