Governor Orengo Calls Out Kenya Kwanza Gov’t For Removing Subsidies

Siaya Governor, James Orengo, now attributes the current high cost of living to Kenya Kwanza's decision to eliminate subsidies in practically all economic sectors.

In remarks made on Sunday in Bondo, Governor Orengo claimed that President William Ruto's administration ought to cooperate with the programs that his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta, had put in place to lessen the financial strain on Kenyans at the time.

He stated that President Ruto's administration should "now live to this reality" because the instruments for lowering living expenses have been put in place.

"The cost of living is going up. In the last dispensation under President Uhuru Kenyatta, there were mechanisms that were put in place to make life easier for the people and where citizens were finding it difficult to afford their daily needs, the mechanism of subsidies was introduced in many areas of our economy including fuel subsidy," he said.

Orengo issued a warning that the Kenya Kwanza administration's populist program of "tokenism" would cause the cost of living to rise even further.

The fiery politician highlighted further that governments exist to help folks to live in a secure environment rather than to oppress them.

"The hustler fund is a populist agenda, it’s not supposed to give people meaningful ways of trying to make lives bearable," he noted.

"Governments are not there to oppress the people, they are there to make life cheaper and prosperous to the normal Kenyan people. Governments are there to enable citizens live in a secure environment. And that is the same duty I have in Siaya" he added

The governor said that they are closely monitoring the national administration to see if it will stick to its pledges to revive the economy and improve living conditions for Kenyans.