- President Uhuru Kenyatta will remain active in politics even after retirement
- Treasury stops budget for retired President’s offices
- Taxpayer’s lost money in running workplaces at the offices of the retired Presidents
Kenya will now save Sh243 million spent in running the offices of the late Daniel Arap Moi and late Mwai Kibaki
According to documents seen by, safinews.co.ke, on Thursday 12th, from Treasury Ministry, the government will stop funding the office of the latter as of June, 2022
The late retired President Daniel Moi’s budget was stopped on June, 2020.
Moi’s and Kibaki’s offices cost taxpayers the said figure, as of that date, with compensation to their staff, excluding those seconded from the government, taking Sh126 million.
The withdrawal of funding for the two offices means that, for the first time, since 2002, Kenya will not have a budget to cater for the workplace of retired presidents.
Treasury omitted allocations for President Uhuru Kenyatta’s retirement office and staff from the budget for the year starting July.
This is a pointer that, the Head of State may remain active in party politics or state appointments.
It has emerged that the Ukur Yattan led ministry, is avoiding breaching sections of the law that bars a retired president from holding office in a political party six months after retirement
The estimated Ksh100 million allocation would have catered for a fully furnished office for the retired president, aides, limousines and other perks such as house, fuel and entertainment allowances.
Mr Kibaki, who died on April 22 at 90, had been receiving retirement benefits, including a fleet of luxury cars, a fully-furnished office and about 40 workers, since leaving office in 2013.
He was receiving annual pension of Sh34.2 million or Sh2.85 million monthly
Aides seconded from the government, including press secretaries and security officers, are paid by the parent ministry.
Other aides such as Stanley Murage, who served as the policy and programmes adviser, will exit as the office gets wound up.
Mr Murage was Mr Kibaki’s only formal policy adviser during his tenure as head of state.
Treasury says that the office will cease to exist, and some of the workers will be declared redundant, with those on secondment reabsorbed in ministries and other agencies