Mbadi lamented that while the government is trying its best to attract foreign investors, the protests which have morphed into undemocratic behaviour portray the country as an unsafe place to do business.
“We cannot be visiting foreign countries to champion for foreign investors to invest in the country while at the same time the youths are destroying businesses, looting and engaging in acts of lawlessness,” he stated.
Speaking during a fundraiser in Suna West Constituency in Migori County, the treasury boss said in the last 2024/25 fiscal year, treasury released all county allocations totaling Ksh 415 billion, including all the arrears of the FY 2023/24, portraying the government’s commitment to ensure devolution works.
He also noted that the Treasury released all the money for the National Government-Constituencies Development Funds (NG-CDF) for the end of the FY 2024/25, to promote development across the country, with a 94pc utilisation success of the development budget.
Mbadi said that he has also initiated the release of Ksh 8 billion to support salary increments for teachers, adding that those who criticise the government for doing nothing are being dishonest in their negative denunciation.
The CS confirmed that the government will continue allocating more cash to the Social Health Authority (SHA), to ensure that healthcare works in the country so as to promote a healthier workforce.
