Eurobond This, Eurobond That: The Innocent, the Guilty and the Damn Ignorant.

The Innocent
Even seen how innocent a nursery school kid is? You know, you ask them what schooling is all about and they look at you with dry eyes, wet nose and say nothing. And ask for a slice of bread instead.

Or, have you ever enjoyed watching those top KCPE candidates hallucinate about how they want to become orthopaedics, neurosurgeons, aeronautical engineers etc. It's not bad to dream but do you always feel their innocence? The innocence of not knowing how tumultuous life is and that, even with such high-flying dreams one can easily become a tout or a hand-cart puller if they missed one step somewhere after primary school? 

If you understand that, then you will honestly forgive that common man who sits all day under the hot sun or the piercing cold to listen to politicians tire them with Eurobond jargons without bothering to simplify the term itself.

Spare a thought for the innocent people in the villages who now have to contend with the pain of having to listen to their leaders endlessly spit things about Eurobond.

Don't forget to also spare a moment for some politicians who really don't know anything about this Eurobond thing but they are being forced by their masters to defend them; have lost count of politicians who really don't know anything about this matter. Nonetheless, have already spared a moment for them though. For the innocent at home, school, in the streets, please say a little prayer for them. 

The Damn Ignorant

Have you even been to a place where you are so lost you questioned your state of mind?
That state where you just wished an angel appeared and got you back to life, sorry, got you back to consciousness. 

That state where you just want to be let live without the avalanche of figures that are not only difficult to decipher but mutating every minute.

Eurobond has really exposed some people's amazing ignorance on money matters.
You know, you ask them what Eurobond is all about and they look straight into your eye and say "ni siasa brother. Hii ni siasa ya 2017."

 
Okey, that could pass, but it's only fair to tell us how and where the money has been used.
But even when the guys who know about this are constantly confusing us with figures, who are we not to just sit, while and be ignorant by choice? You ask.

I mean the contestant says this today, the Treasury responds with one figure. Again, that contestant gives a different figure but with the same argument, the Treasury responds with a different statement but the same argument.

What is happening here? You ask.
Your ignorance is forgiven. 

Oh, and The Guilty

They know themselves.
Sh250 billion can't just be dropped from the skies and you fail to see the effect it has had on the economy.

If you cut a similar figure from the Sh2 trillion 2015/16 budget, you have to be ready for monumental strikes by teachers, doctors, nurses, messengers and everyone. Nothing will balance.

During the making of the budget last year, the Treasury was sobbing all day when the Senate added Sh7 billion to the counties' kitty. The guys there said the addition would have serious ramifications on the economy’s already-established plan for the year.

And you tell us Sh250 billion got no effect? Come on. This figure is not small. It's not like Sh250, 000 for goodness sake.

Spare a thought for the guilty for they have fallen short of the glory of thievery.