Winners And Losers In President Ruto’s 13 Directives
Winners And Losers In President Ruto’s 13 Directives
Winners And Losers In President Ruto’s 13 Directives
President William Ruto was sworn in Tuesday and immediately settled down to work in his Speech by outlining 13 key directives his administration will undertake.
It’s worth noting that some of these policy changes are just a fulfilment of promises he made during his campaigns.
We take a look at the winners and Losers in the decisions.
Winners
One, The six judges who were rejected by uhuru.
The president yesterday appointed the six judges setting a stage for their swearing in by the chief justice.
The six are Justices George Odunga, Aggrey Muchelule, Joel Ngugi and Weldon Korir; as well as Mombasa chief magistrate Evans Makori and High Court deputy registrar Judith Omange.
Two, famers.
Farmers reaped big when the president reduced the prices of fertilizer from over ksh 6000 to KSH 3500.
This is likely to boost maize production and finally reduce the cost of flour that currently retails at KSH 200.
Three, the police.
The Police service from now onwards will start enjoying financial autonomy with their budget having been transferred from the office of the president.
Four, borrowers.
The president promised CRB blacklisted borrowers that the credit rating System will be restructured to allow borrowers manage their creditworthiness without necessarily being blacklisted.
Five, low Earners who contribute to NHIF.
The president directed that contributions made to NHIF will be pegged on individual’s earnings.
Those who earn low will pay low unlike the current arrangement where it’s a minimum flat rate of KSH 500.
Six, Coastal residents.
The president’s decision to revert port operations from Naivasha to Mombasa is a big boost to the residents who were decrying of job Loses.
Seven, suppliers to government agencies.
The president announced that he will give priority to payment of pending bills which had crippled the operations of those who work with government.
Losers.
One, those earning over ksh 100000 that have been contributing a flat rate of KSH 1700 per month to NHIF will be required to digg deeper into the Pockets.
Two, travellers and maize flour lovers.
The president isn’t Keen on continueing with the maize and oil subsidy which will lead to high cost of living and transport for quit sometime.