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Opinion: The Signature Brew of the State House is worth billion of shillings…

““People who are learned, people I look up to and call honourable members, what do you sit to do at that state house? Even in the budget, you have added KSh4 billion to take tea. Is Jesus cooking that tea?” – Busia Woman Rep Catherine Omanyo (20.03.2024).

Time and time again, there are stories that are amazing. There are stories that is shocking and showing public wastage of funds. Today in Nairobi there should be a shocking affair, but I am sure the Kenyans are used to it. The Kenya Kwanza Government aren’t known for being frugal or being careful about spending, especially not on their own.

The State House is clearly using huge funds on Tea and Hospitality. We have read stories about this in the past. The State House has even tried to make it special last year. As the Daily Nation wrote about Firs Lady own signature brew of tea, which she served foreign dignitaries. Alas, that’s a way of making sense of the spending.

Just read here…

“Kenya’s First Lady Mama Rachel Ruto is known for her signature gesture whenever her counterparts from other countries visit. It is not the tea that netizens popularly refer to as gossip, but real brewed tea. The brewed State House tea, as it is famously known, has been taken by two visiting first ladies so far.” (Manny Anyangoo – ‘Signature tea served at State House by First Lady’ 14.03.2023, Daily Star).

It just really shows the state of affairs, that the Government of Kenya is willing to do this and spend money like that. They don’t mind spending fortunes on tea and misusing the office doing so. The tea must be specially imported and a limited production. It cannot be Kericho tea or anything like that. Because, the tea isn’t that expensive.

Someone calculated that this was costing the tax-payer about Shs. 11 million shilling. That’s a huge bill for the public to pay. This burden is on the public…

Just imagine the cost on every cup of tea if this is the case. The people are paying massive amount of shillings, just so dignitaries, secretaries and others can have a cup of tea. The tea leaves must be unique and special. They got to be… and cannot just be a Lipton box or such. No, it got to be exclusive and extravagant. Especially with the cost it has. If not… someone is eating the funds and using it on other endeavours. That would be a Tea Cup Scandal rocking the State House.

I’m not shocked by this… it is more of the same. The Kenya Kwanza Government don’t mind doing stunts like this. They don’t mind overspending on the elite and the high ranking officials. However, the same government cannot afford to pay medical interns or do what it needs for civil servants. Which means the high ranking officials are a priority and the tea cup at the State House is a proof of just that.

4 billion shillings spent on Tea for the State House. There should be other government services that needs these funds. Anyone with a working mind get that. Peace.