State funding moi’s send off

Moi’s medical bill at Nairobi Hospital alone will be more than Sh100 million. Moi used two presidential rooms and the ICU for the four months he stayed at Nairobi hospital. Each of the rooms goes for Sh98,000 per day.

The government is planning to give sodas, bread and bottled water  to the first 30,000 people attending Moi’s burial ceremony at his home in Kabarak.

A big part of the budget has also gone to logistics involving the military, and the National government, including the printing of programmes, condolence books and merchandise.

People familiar with the budget say a significant amount has also been spent on security, preparing Nyayo Stadium for  prayer service, providing hospitality services in Moi’s Kabarnet Gardens home in Nairobi and Kabarak home

By Monday, there were also separate plans by the national government through regional coordinators for Nairobi to offer free transport for mourners to Nyayo Stadium for Tuesday’s funeral service

So far, the government has spent money upgrading roads leading to Moi’s Sacho home in Kabarak, hiring thousands of chairs and tents to be used during the funeral.

The government is also spending heavily on hundreds of police officers, not just at Nyayo and Kabarak but also along the busy Nairobi-Eldoret highway.  The officers will be paid daily allowances.

With tens of heads of state and government expected to attend Moi’s burial, the government will spend millions of shillings to host and transport the dignitaries from JKIA to Nyayo Stadium and to Kabarak for the burial.