Can I get taxpayers to pay for my renovation?

[Georgesoros]

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If Kenyatta can get taxpayers money to renovate his private house, then who cant? He is supposed to be highly ethical, but this shows that his morals are so loose that he can let this happen. How do you expect others to be ethical when a leader shows such regard for taxpa tax payers money?

[RV Pundit]

If there are security related renovation for him and his family; that is fair; normal perks;

[Kadudu]

Let the state pay for this billionaire. We do not want a case where Al Shabaab smokes him out of hs private house.

[MOON Ki]

If Kenyatta can get taxpayers money to renovate his private house, then who cant? He is supposed to be highly ethical, but this shows that his morals are so loose that he can let this happen. How do you expect others to be ethical when a leader shows such regard for taxpa tax payers money?

If you are a Kenyatta, then why not, considering how they got that house in the first place.   That house, if you are talking about the one next to State House, used to belong to the Aga Khan.   Kenyatta I made him hand it over---without payment.

[Georgesoros]

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Am surprised of all the people you can say that. This is a private house!! If he was concerned about security he can move into the public house provided. If taxpayers were to pay for every private house imagine how much it'll cost? Everyone can come up with a reason for wanting their house renovated. Millions of kids can't afford primary education and here are these people wasting money left and right.

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

There is usually some security improvements made to the private homes of heads of state.  I know changes related to security at Obama's Chicago home were made.  Traffic is rerouted around that area when the jakom is in town, inconveniencing residents.

That said, the African big man can truly stretch it when it comes to scrounging on wanjiku's meagre resources.

[MOON Ki]

That said, the African big man can truly stretch it when it comes to scrounging on wanjiku's meagre resources.

Kenya is a very generous place.   Just look at Kibaki.  On his retirement, a fancy mansion in his village; not many places would do that for a departing leader or even "leader".   Never mind that he doesn't care to spend even a weekend there.  It's still staffed, secured, maintained, .... just on the off-chance that he might show up some day.

[Kim Jong-Un's Pajama Pants]

That said, the African big man can truly stretch it when it comes to scrounging on wanjiku's meagre resources.

Kenya is a very generous place.   Just look at Kibaki.  On his retirement, a fancy mansion in his village; not many places would do that for a departing leader or even "leader".   Never mind that he doesn't care to spend even a weekend there.  It's still staffed, secured, maintained, .... just on the off-chance that he might show up some day.

The kind of perks even a former POTUS can only have in his dreams.  Foe the big man, the expenditure is generally of a gratuitous nature.

[jakoyo]

Make sure you have a house insurance.

If Kenyatta can get taxpayers money to renovate his private house, then who cant? He is supposed to be highly ethical, but this shows that his morals are so loose that he can let this happen. How do you expect others to be ethical when a leader shows such regard for taxpa tax payers money?

[Omollo]

My concern is about the following:

1. Did the Aga Khan give the house to the President of Kenya or Jomo Kenyatta?
2. How would the location of the house augur for future presidents of Kenya not on friendly terms with Uhuru?

The Aga Khan might have pretended to give a gift knowing full well that security considerations would have seen him pack and leave anyway. He had probably seen it happen in other countries where such structures like State House cannot be neighbored by private citizens.

[MOON Ki]

My concern is about the following:

1. Did the Aga Khan give the house to the President of Kenya or Jomo Kenyatta?
2. How would the location of the house augur for future presidents of Kenya not on friendly terms with Uhuru?

The Aga Khan might have pretended to give a gift knowing full well that security considerations would have seen him pack and leave anyway. He had probably seen it happen in other countries where such structures like State House cannot be neighbored by private citizens.

In those days, all three of  Jomo Kenyatta, the President of Kenya, and Kenya were considered to be the same thing.

Jomo was supposed to move into State House, but he had no inclination to do so; nor did he ever spend a night the.   Supposedly he was concerned about the ghost of some former governor.   Anyways, he wanted to be close to his office, and he had an excellent idea: why couldn't the fellow with the fine house next door just hand it over.  Especially if he wanted to retain his business empire in Kenya.