Wanga Joho – a former Governor of Mombasa – Oparanya Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi and Junet Mohamed ODM's leader in the National Assembly lead the pro-Ruto continuity faction...
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ODM's bigwigs such as Treasury and Mining cabinet secretaries John Mbadi and Hassan Joho want to stay in government and give Ruto a second term in August 2027 then ride on his coat tails...
More consequential to Kenya's debt profile are talks between Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi and Chinese officials to convert the $5bn Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) loan – one of the country's largest infrastructure projects – from dollars to yuan...
Vol 66 No 13 |
- EAST AFRICA
Finance ministers for Kenya Tanzania and Uganda – John Mbadi Mwigulu Lameck Nchemba and Matia Kasaija – face common challenges: increasing revenues targeting spending more effectively and reducing debt burdens (AC Vol 65 No 13 A fragile recovery)...
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Finance Minister John Mbadi's budget for 2025/26 is days from being finalised and is expected to focus on increasing tax revenue via higher compliance rather than imposing new taxes...
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Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has ruled out any new tax rises in his budget plan for 2025/26 arguing that greater efficiency in revenue collection will be sufficient...
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In truth Ruto and his Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi are in a tight fiscal squeeze...
9bn to $30bn Treasury Secretary John Mbadi's 2025 budget proposes an increase to $32...
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Since being parachuted into the Treasury following the Generation Z protests against last year's Finance Bill in June which led to President William Ruto dismissing his cabinet John Mbadi has walked a tightrope...
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He re-appointed all but six ministers and co-opted five Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) ministers; one of whom John Mbadi was made finance minister and pushed through a less punitive version of the budget that had sparked mass protests...