Backlash against rise in fuel taxes based on lack of budget knowledge

A fuel attendant at a Nyeri petrol station. FILE PHOTO | NMG

A professor was giving a big test one day to his students. He handed out all of the tests and went back to his desk to wait. Once the test was over the students all handed the tests back in. The professor noticed that one of the students had attached a $100 bill(Sh10,070) to his test with a note saying "A dollar per point." The next class the professor handed the graded tests back out. This student got back his test, his test grade, and $64 (Sh6,444.80) change.

For once in a long time, Kenyans have been collectively tested on their financial knowledge, and the score is not looking good. The annual reading of the national budget, which traditionally happens in June of every year, is a mundane affair with the ordinary mwananchi hardly bothered by the events in Parliament.

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