Why Francis Atwoli Wants President Ruto to Fire Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u

Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) secretary-general Francis Atwoli says Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung'u is among the bureaucrats sabotaging President William Ruto's agenda for the country.

Atwoli was displeased with Ndung'u's plaints of the country being broke yet Kenyans were remitting the many taxes imposed on them by the government.

The fiery trade unionist said it was expected of the CS to provide solutions and hope at the expense of helplessly whining in public.

He counselled Ruto to reliever the CS of his duties as he had shown incapability to ruin the Exchequer, the country's crucial docket.

"You have asked us to pay for housing levy, where are those houses? You have asked us to pay more taxes, and KRA is on our necks, where is this money going? We know we have external debts calculated and let us know if Ndung’u comes out with the report…not to cry the way he was crying the other day that this government is broke, I cannot even be able to pay salaries. If I was Ruto I would sack him, Because yeye ndio mama, anaambia Watoto eti sasa hii nyumba sijui mtakula nini…you’re instilling fear," said Atwoli.

The veteran labour activist was speaking in Kisumu on Saturday, December 9.

Atwoli's statements came days after members of parliament accused the Exchequer of failing to disburse the NG-CDF monies.

Ndung'u said his ministry was working around the clock to release the funds before Christmas.

Speaking on Wednesday December 6 while appearing before the Finance Parliamentary Committee, CS Ndung’u revealed that the government is also facing challenges with payment of salaries.

“We are working very hard that even before Christmas we make sure that make some few steps. By the way, we are even having trouble with salaries, we are clearing salaries with arrears. the team in the treasury are working very hard,” said Ndung’u.

The Treasury CS explained that the country is facing a liquidity crisis as a result of the drought and El Nino challenges that forced the government to allocate a supplementary budget to save lives.

“We are facing a serious liquidity crisis and that is why we can’t come in as fast as we would like to but it is not an insolvency problem. Sometimes people are rushing to say we want money today… but you end up taking measures to solve the problem but those measures are not well coordinated and they can ignite solvency challenges we want to avoid that,” Njuguna added.