The President of Kenya, William Ruto took a decisive step, scrapping the budget for the offices of Kenya’s first and second ladies after the nationwide protests.
Mr Ruto announced this in a live broadcast on Friday.
He also dissolved 47 agencies, suspending non-essential travels for officials.
In his words, “The operations of the office of the first lady, second lady and the wife of the prime cabinet will be removed.
“All non-essential travel by state and public officers is hereby suspended and no state officer or public servant will participate in harambee.
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“In keeping up with the austerity measures we promised, 47 State corporations with overlapping and duplicating functions to be dissolved and affected staff to be transferred to other ministries,” he said.
Recall that for three straight weeks, protesters marched on the streets of Kenya, disrupting commercial activities for the third week since the protests against the Finance Bill broke out on June 18.
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