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Senior Counsel Paul Muite has broken his silence with a sharp call for accountability directed at President William Ruto’s administration over Kenya’s ballooning public debt. In a recent post, the veteran lawyer highlighted a stark chart comparing debt levels at the end of successive presidential tenures.
It showed the figure rising from 600 billion shillings under Daniel Moi to 1.8 trillion under Mwai Kibaki, then 8.7 trillion under Uhuru Kenyatta, and reaching 13 trillion under the current government. Read Full Article Here
Muite posed a direct and uncomfortable question that many Kenyans have been asking in private: what percentage of these loans actually ended up in private individuals’ pockets rather than productive public projects?
He insisted that any such diverted funds must be recovered from those responsible.
The burden of repayment, he noted, falls squarely on ordinary citizens, which helps explain the punishing taxes and the persistently high cost of living that squeeze households across the country.
The timing of his remarks coincides with ongoing public frustration over economic pressures. Citizens continue to feel the weight of higher living expenses while debates rage about whether borrowed money has delivered matching development.
Muite’s intervention frames the issue not merely as a numbers problem but as a moral and legal one requiring concrete recovery action.
By focusing on individual accountability rather than abstract policy, the senior counsel has amplified a growing demand for transparency.
His message underscores a simple reality: when public debt grows this rapidly, the consequences are paid daily by taxpayers who had no say in how the money was spent.
Whether the government responds with audits, recoveries, or further explanations remains to be seen, but the call has been made in clear terms.
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