State House Facelift: President Ruto to temporarily relocate during State House Nairobi renovations
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- Опубліковано 10 січ 2024
- President William Ruto will be away from the 117-year-old State House in Nairobi for two months to allow renovation.
Architects had warned that parts of the expansive colonial structure had become unfit for habitation and recommended the construction of a new building.
However, sources at State House told The Standard that the move was vetoed by the President who insisted that only renovations be done given that building a new presidential residence would cost upward of Sh2 billion.
“A new residence would have cost over Sh2 billion. The President said this is not the right time to spend such an amount with the burden he has of delivering his agenda,” said the source.
In November 2022, two months after the President was sworn in among the supplementary budget presented by the Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro led Budget and Appropriations Committee report to Parliament was an additional Sh2.6 billion and Sh9.9 billion over the increased allocations to State House to finance renovations.
“The president looked at the budgets that were being paid for the use of tents at State House lawns and the figures were outrageous. It had become a cash cow for those at the Interior and Coordination office and the Head of State said this must stop,” said a source.
A new presidential pavilion that can host between 1,000 and 1,500 people has been constructed. The pavilion has offices where the president can host smaller meetings with visiting dignitaries.
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Kenya sihami....state house suddenly has become inhabitable when Mr. Ruto is in power
God is frustrating Ruto in everything,,soon he will give up
Graft will never come to an end in Kenya, so what is wrong with statehouse that it needs an undisclosed amount of money for renovations, this is waatage of funds, that place is always clean, maintained and secured bt suddenly its uninhabitable, Help us God
That is free mason building
Just tear the damn thing down, Ruto deserves a good new White House, tutalipa kwani iko nini! We are doing good as a country, businesses are booming, youth have employment in the name of affordable housing, the Kenyan shilling is holding firmly, and so forth, so go ahead Ruto and build your house.
Jingazzzzzz akili yako ni ndogo sana. Ni mjinga kama wale wajinga wengine. Pumbavu.....
If money is not enough he can always increase taxation!
Hii ni sarcasm mzee@@aaa64sa13
I think the OP was being sarcastic.
@aaa64sa13 yako ndo ndogo kah huelewi sarcasm
Since when the state house has ever been closed for renovations????😂😂😂
hata afanye nini!! time will come Zakayo will park his belongings Gachagua,recho and vacate God is watching
😂for sure
They said, they found no money left from uhuru government. They went ahead and expanded government. Removed all manner of subsidies, bought a bunch of new expensive cars, increased taxes, renovated state house using a large undisclosed amount of money, mode more than 50 meaningless overseas trips all over the world and then told doctors that they cannot pay them as previously agreed because there was no money and the country has to live within its means. ……….Someone needs a mental check up……..
Si wangeibomoa yote waijenge vizuri😂😂
Who cares😮😮😮
What a waste and misuse of taxpayers money
Free mason property....
Once such building are demolished africa will develop rapidly
Why!, facelift!, excellency just build a new one like MAGUFULI built from scratch an imposing one in Dodoma
Do it. It is not even worth to called a state house. 🇹🇿🌱🌱
When other presidents were in power, wasn't there a budget for operations and maintenance of that facility?
Now, how could we have noticed that ? We don't live there 🖕
This house should be brought down and a new one put up. It is a big shame for Kenya
Sasa next ni kuambiwa uhame nyumba yako ukae njee wakutengenezee kwanza weee😂😂😂😂
Something is a miss
Bravo Ruto
Si aende sogoi ama weston..hi mtu ni cow kapsa
But this house 🏡 is too old
😂 so Uhuru na kibaki what was different with them
Haka kajamaa Zakayo nikama kamechizi. Umbwa yeye 😡😡
Continue to waste tax payers money
God will make statehouse unbearable