Political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has weighed in on the government’s delay in paying civil servants their March salaries.
Ngunyi in a tweet on Wednesday, April 12 stated that President William Ruto should be given a chance to make adjustments in his government.
He noted that every government gets broke and civil servants should cut their spending when there is a delay in salary disbursement.
“Every government gets broke. It is not a disease. Give Ruto a chance to make structural adjustments to his government. And if the civil servants cannot afford bread, they should eat cake,” he stated.
President Ruto on Tuesday admitted that the government is facing challenges paying civil servants' salaries saying that it was a result of maturing debts.
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The Head of State however ruled out borrowing money to pay the civil servants' salaries.
“We had issues of delayed salaries which somebody is the first time that we are having delayed salaries, yes it’s the first time we are delaying salaries but also the first time we are having such monumental debts.
“I want to assure the country that the situation is managed we have turned the corner, and we are not going to borrow money to spend on recurrent expenditures including salaries,” said Ruto.
