National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi on July 29, 2024. [Elvis Ogina,Standard]

Today, September 23, 2024, is the final day for our public input into the 2024 Budget Review and Outlook Paper (BROP). Friday, 4 October 2024 is the final day for our public inputs into Treasury CS Mbadi’s innovatively proactive call through press notice to include Kenyans in the legislative reforms needed to collectively fix our budget, and seemingly, our economy as well.

The first call is embedded in our budget calendar for 2025/26, the penultimate fiscal year to our 2027 election because the 2027/28 budget two years later will be transitional, as was 2022/23.

The second call seeks inputs in four areas of legislative reform. First, measures to prevent cash crises and service delivery slippages in counties when revenue allocation laws are not passed in time. Add measures to prevent the above even after laws have been passed.

Second, reforms to improve the wellbeing of Kenyans given our current debt situation and the need for debt sustainability without burdening the same Kenyans. Basically, how do we improve the lot of Kenyans without imposing new taxes and over-borrowing while offering government services. These two questions are really about the cost of government, including corruption.

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