That budget was not written for SMEs, content creators, influencers, fintech entrepreneurs, farmers, manufacturers or ordinary hustlers trying to build something honest.
It was a warning shot.
The full force of KRA is coming, because that budget deficit is not a joke. The government must raise money from somewhere, and instead of cutting waste, stopping corruption and reducing reckless spending, they will come for the people already struggling to survive.
Look at the sectors that received the biggest allocations and you will understand the game. Money has been directed to areas where looting can happen easily, while those who create jobs, pay taxes, produce goods and keep the economy alive are being squeezed dry.
They will loot from the top as they bleed the bottom.
This is not just bad economics. It is cruelty dressed as fiscal policy. Ruto and this government have made it clear that the ordinary Kenyan is nothing more than a revenue target.