Omkiyah Omtata: A saint in an ocean of devils

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I listened to the full interview and he said quite a few things, but I want to focus on two main points he brought up:

On Taxes:

According to Omtata, Kibaki raised the KRA revenues by 1 trillion over the course of 10 years; Uhuru did the same over the course of 10 years.  Ruto is trying to do the same, but in one year and according to OMtata, this will be mathematically impossible. 

Omtata is saying that Ruto is trying to fix the debt problem that uhuru left behind, but he cannot expect to do it by raising taxes in one year

On Debt:

Omtata has said that he has studied the mozambiqan example and kenya is in the same category.  Kenya is loaded with odious debt that was never used for the benefit of the people but that was instead stolen for the benefit of a few individuals.

Omtata has said that his next case will deal with this issue of odius debt that he doesn't believe the kenyan taxpayers must pay back because they never benefitted from it. Rather, those who stole should be prosecuted even in europe if need be and that is going to be his next case. Jimmy Wanjigi has also made the same statement. Instead of trying to pay off this debt, ruto should follow the mozambican example and declare it odious and not pay.

[RV Pundit]

1) Kibaki took over from moi. I remember vividly Moi use to collect 180B. Kibaki 1st year took it to 230B. This was mostly because scared bahindis and kanu crooks started paying up. Then growth went normal double digit - and he handed over at 750B or about in 10yrs.

2) Uhuru took over at 750B - double it 1.5 trillion in 2017 - then growth slowed down - and he finally handed over at 2.1 trillion. Ideally he should have handed over at 3 trillion - covid & ukraine war did knock off the sails.

3) Ruto is taking over at 2.1 trillion - he wants to hit 2.8/3 trillion - ambitious in 1st year - maybe 4 trillion in 5yrs -maybe 5 trillion.

4) Debt - Litigation can be costly - Lawyers will always charge 2.5-10% - of any case - lose or win. You might as well pay interest. Now most of these loan sharks have ensured the case is heard in London or such places.

5) Let Omtatah and public interest litigation do it - and present GOK with court order saying dont pay XYZ. That will cover expensive gov litigation. These are mostly on local loans - which are rare - as mostly are mostly floated bonds and bills.

6) Omtatah is nobody in international litigation - or arbitration - and that is where most corrupt deals are covered. So better to focus on pending bills...already almost 700 billion. See if we can do proper inquiry on all these pending bills.

I listened to the full interview and he said quite a few things, but I want to focus on two main points he brought up:

On Taxes:

According to Omtata, Kibaki raised the KRA revenues by 1 trillion over the course of 10 years; Uhuru did the same over the course of 10 years.  Ruto is trying to do the same, but in one year and according to OMtata, this will be mathematically impossible. 

Omtata is saying that Ruto is trying to fix the debt problem that uhuru left behind, but he cannot expect to do it by raising taxes in one year

On Debt:

Omtata has said that he has studied the mozambiqan example and kenya is in the same category.  Kenya is loaded with odious debt that was never used for the benefit of the people but that was instead stolen for the benefit of a few individuals.

Omtata has said that his next case will deal with this issue of odius debt that he doesn't believe the kenyan taxpayers must pay back because they never benefitted from it. Rather, those who stole should be prosecuted even in europe if need be and that is going to be his next case. Jimmy Wanjigi has also made the same statement. Instead of trying to pay off this debt, ruto should follow the mozambican example and declare it odious and not pay.