The Treasury has allocated Sh678 million for former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s retirement benefits. The amount is to cater for the former president’s pension, travel, office, and aide salaries.

 

The budget documents submitted to Parliament also show that Raila Odinga has been offered Sh78.7 million to run his office as a former prime minister. Raila Odinga was prime minister between 2008 and 2013 during the grand coalition government

 

Retired vice-presidents Moody Awori and Kalonzo Musyoka have been allocated Sh43.1 million and Sh59.2 million respectively.

 

The allocation is contained in President William Ruto’s first supplementary budget, which has seen the new administration tweak its spending and budget deficit estimates for the current fiscal year.

 

The lavish exit package has also come under heavy criticism on grounds that some of the retired State officials left office as rich men with property worth billions of shillings and vast business interests.