Okiya Omtatah: Public Debt Heist, Corruption and the Criminality of Our Elites

Fresh controversy is swirling over Kenya's ballooning debt crisis even as President William Ruto prescribes painful tax measures to fund his 3.68 trillion debut budget that has been squeezed by debt service costs.

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  • @andrewwainaina3231
    @andrewwainaina3231 Жыл бұрын

    Let's encourage omkiah to run for president and give the political class a shock of their lives

  • @zeeituni

    @zeeituni

    Жыл бұрын

    He doesn't have to be a president but he can be the nation's conscience, reminding us like the prophets when we fail!!!!

  • @markopiyotv2010

    @markopiyotv2010

    Жыл бұрын

    ​aqaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaqaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

  • @printmedia1422

    @printmedia1422

    Жыл бұрын

    The presidency in kenya has no legality and even in world,dialoues Only god can send a,complete leader Democracy seeks consentious of ppl to ensure good thoughts prevail wihout corruption since there are no close doors In Kenya the presidency is billionaire property which l blame ppl like omutatata who pretend all is,well when we watch ruto raila in.the supremacy battles of big tribe control the other requurement to be president....a totally illegal office

  • @samwelkariuki3114

    @samwelkariuki3114

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@markopiyotv2010 we need such a person for the highest office

  • @emmanuelodiembo4616

    @emmanuelodiembo4616

    Жыл бұрын

    In Kenya we have three arms of government: Judiciary, Legislature en Okiya Omtata

  • @elizabethsonga7698
    @elizabethsonga7698 Жыл бұрын

    Oh God preserve this man for our generation and for our children.

  • @raymondongus1404
    @raymondongus1404 Жыл бұрын

    This is a very rare breed of character in these difficult times. Kenya is very lucky indeed to have Hon. Okiya Omtatah.

  • @emmanuelerayu255

    @emmanuelerayu255

    Жыл бұрын

    Class apart

  • @ahmedmaawy1516
    @ahmedmaawy1516 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing,wonderful okiya,u need to be our president

  • @georgiaowili5305
    @georgiaowili5305 Жыл бұрын

    This is the biggest and the best speech ever made in Kenya

  • @wambuimwangi1923
    @wambuimwangi1923 Жыл бұрын

    I thank God for Okiya Omtata

  • @chrisogonas
    @chrisogonas Жыл бұрын

    Well articulated People's Watchman, Okiya Omtata.

  • @raymondmuli9067
    @raymondmuli9067 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation. Okiya for President.

  • @gracenaswa

    @gracenaswa

    Жыл бұрын

    I hope this guy will rule this country one day!

  • @benbar7318

    @benbar7318

    Жыл бұрын

    He is a good man... But ruling Kenya ni ngumu. Kenya Ina ujinga yaani

  • @lewismuhia9960
    @lewismuhia9960 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful speech, let those with ears hear.

  • @PaulGachuchu
    @PaulGachuchu Жыл бұрын

    I wonder why we aren't hearing this from the opposition. 🤔

  • @Lithare
    @Lithare Жыл бұрын

    We must find a firm, decisive and effective way of punishing corruption. Okiyah, well done for your sacrifices for the nation.

  • @geffeniz
    @geffeniz Жыл бұрын

    Shell shocked😢😢 . Imagine the millions of hard working Kenyans toil for a few.

  • @Tora824
    @Tora824 Жыл бұрын

    For me if we want to change the trajectory of our country we need to elect outsiders like Okiya..

  • @makandirintari9465

    @makandirintari9465

    Жыл бұрын

    What do you mean outsiders like okiya omtata..he is a Kenyan urgh

  • @Pixopolis

    @Pixopolis

    Жыл бұрын

    @@makandirintari9465he means electing people who have no connections to the old establishment

  • @TheKilwake
    @TheKilwake Жыл бұрын

    Great discussion, In 5 years with the right leadership Kenya can go far indeed. Refreshing to hear Omtata speak openly and without fear. Been asking myself where are real men who can stand up for Kenya and challenge the evil and mediocrity that keeps us down always as a nation. Godspeed in everything ahead Okiya.

  • @amorosogombe9650
    @amorosogombe9650 Жыл бұрын

    I wish for once Kenyans can put aside ethnicity and vote for a high quality moral human being for president. How many times do we keep having to make the mistake of voting for our thief and then suffering decade in decade out. Tuache ujinga for once!

  • @georgemnene502
    @georgemnene502 Жыл бұрын

    There's no difference in OUR current leadership with our forefathers who appended there right hand thumbprint to agreements they didn't understand a word! Omutata, THANK YOU for THE good fight.

  • @amoskatana702
    @amoskatana702 Жыл бұрын

    Kenya's finest. By far. ❤ Keep pressing on, soldier of the rule of Law, for Kenya and her most vulnerable citizens 💪

  • @ellyobwaka2730
    @ellyobwaka2730 Жыл бұрын

    There is hope for Kenya with leaders like Okiya Omtatah and Jimi Wanjigi.

  • @thomasm5796

    @thomasm5796

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately, we are allergic to good leaders. Just go up and look at # of reactions and views.

  • @printmedia1422

    @printmedia1422

    Жыл бұрын

    Jimny is a tenderpraunuer..the problem is citizens slept as bomas draft was hijacked by politicians in.naivasha and kilifi... We must drain the swamp...by a people driven constitution written by ppl who will never stand for any election or public job....we are communities with each owing a land piece and a common language....lets recover our ways mow that we can read and write

  • @masonsanders7689

    @masonsanders7689

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@thomasm5796Wanjigi is a no, part of the cartels just annoyed they refused to include him in the stealing so he's spilling the secrets.

  • @wayando

    @wayando

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@masonsanders7689.... Our interests are temporarily aligned with Jimi Wanjigi ... We can enjoy the resource while its available. When he moves back to the dark side, we move on.

  • @monicakanguru7122

    @monicakanguru7122

    Жыл бұрын

    Remove the second name

  • @fredrickachok3188
    @fredrickachok3188 Жыл бұрын

    I highly recommend this gentleman for higher things! Very sharp and straight to the point

  • @Jerome.Levite
    @Jerome.Levite Жыл бұрын

    This is HOT, spicy and will not end well for criminals taking citizens for fools!

  • @Rogy855
    @Rogy855 Жыл бұрын

    there is hope through Omtatah.

  • @cherambosrobert7658
    @cherambosrobert76586 ай бұрын

    Senator Okiya Omtata is the Greatest Of All Time

  • @johnojara7251
    @johnojara725111 ай бұрын

    We hear you loud & clear on corruption pandemics. True son of Africa with exemplary education rarely observed. Bang on Original passionate son of Africa. May God bless you & our wonderful East Africa.

  • @giegor28
    @giegor28 Жыл бұрын

    Can he please run for president

  • @collinschirchir2134
    @collinschirchir2134 Жыл бұрын

    Its a sick sick sick country and system.... These politicians are pure evil

  • @lakhibhangra4

    @lakhibhangra4

    Жыл бұрын

    Ruto is the worst president Kenya ever got..corrupt to the teeth

  • @johnmorwabe9672
    @johnmorwabe9672 Жыл бұрын

    This is the man we need. Keep up with the good work

  • @oliverwabwire2836
    @oliverwabwire2836 Жыл бұрын

    What a gem, this great man. Way to go Okiyah....wind in your sail!

  • @winstononsongo
    @winstononsongo11 ай бұрын

    Mheshimigwa Umtata you’re doing a great job for us all. You eloquently speak for us and we hold you in highest esteem. Please keep up the fight and remember there are many of us who support you.

  • @collinceochieng825
    @collinceochieng825 Жыл бұрын

    Senator is one in a million. Kenyans will praise you all through but only draw the line when it comes to voting. We will vote our tribal chiefs who are only good in name calling and stereotyping others then spend 5 years complaining after which we continue with the circus.

  • @dnarna8994
    @dnarna8994 Жыл бұрын

    It is sad to hear that on SGR, the supreme court cowered. Unfortunately, some people have a price. If Okiya's motion is suppressed in the senate, wananchi must push for it. It must be done by public demand.🧐🧐🧐

  • @Proverbs1-31
    @Proverbs1-31 Жыл бұрын

    In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

  • @dedankamande7718
    @dedankamande7718 Жыл бұрын

    Be very careful by those people who keep repeating "I'm a man of the truth" or "kenya is a limited company." That's the most dangerous form of political ethnicity.

  • @styvoll2004

    @styvoll2004

    Жыл бұрын

    especially "truthful man".. run !!!

  • @mbuikibuga5447

    @mbuikibuga5447

    5 ай бұрын

    Thank you senator Omtatah. Time for treasury officials to Carry their own cross

  • @jothammaweu3005
    @jothammaweu3005 Жыл бұрын

    Serious Kenyans and organizations should come together & join Omtatah to make a follow up on this public debt cause the Man has alot of sense. Otherwise we shall remain captives to afew individuals

  • @arangichohi3074
    @arangichohi3074 Жыл бұрын

    How I wish I can share this with everyone.😢 we are being milked dry by the thieves we blindly put in leadership, its sad but something need to be done ASAP.

  • @Crabtree1844

    @Crabtree1844

    11 ай бұрын

    What is stopping you from sharing with everyone? If wishes were horses everyone would ride. Act and stop sitting around wishing.

  • @riftvalleyinformer8682

    @riftvalleyinformer8682

    11 ай бұрын

    Revolution might be the keyword

  • @roselinealuora6400
    @roselinealuora6400 Жыл бұрын

    This a professional thinking.. not regurgitating what he was taught but using what he was taught to make common sense of economic status in Kenya..

  • @kennethkiptoo7780
    @kennethkiptoo7780 Жыл бұрын

    Am touched!

  • @collinschirchir2134
    @collinschirchir2134 Жыл бұрын

    Kenyans dont like such leaders... Even if he were to offer himself for president kura ni moja mbili kila polling station... Na kuambiwa farasi ni wawili tu

  • @Yrnehucidn
    @Yrnehucidn Жыл бұрын

    MY FELLOW KENYANS...LETS RALLY BEHIND OMTATAH... FUN FACT...I read somewhere omtata is the reason credit takes a long time to expire

  • @ruthameka
    @ruthameka Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Omutata. Please teach Kenyans.

  • @Crabtree1844

    @Crabtree1844

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes, but YOU need to read the Constitution and know what it means for YOU.

  • @elkanahodembo1465
    @elkanahodembo1465 Жыл бұрын

    Hon. Okiya reminds us that each and everyone of us Kenyans HAS A RESPONSIBILITY.....

  • @lenahkahi5480
    @lenahkahi5480 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. When the hour reckons, will any one go with all those trillions? This is really sad.

  • @nyakoejob4470
    @nyakoejob4470 Жыл бұрын

    This is the greatest Kenyan of our time

  • @baruasafi5880
    @baruasafi5880 Жыл бұрын

    Uhuru Kenyatta was NOT an honest person from the way Omtatah is explaining himself.

  • @Crabtree1844

    @Crabtree1844

    11 ай бұрын

    None of them are honest, none!

  • @zachariahmuthoka6076
    @zachariahmuthoka6076 Жыл бұрын

    Should you ever run for presidency you've got my vote!

  • @okewseme
    @okewseme Жыл бұрын

    The fertilizer factory bit is bitter sweet though🤣🤣🤣

  • @OmenaJasango
    @OmenaJasango Жыл бұрын

    I love your speech... thoughtful and provocative. It demands Reflections and actions. God bless you and keep you safe.

  • @KamauRuheni-eg5xe
    @KamauRuheni-eg5xe11 ай бұрын

    Okiya Omtatah is a great man, with unparalleled courage and integrity. He and Jimi Wanjigi could make great leaders at presidential level in this country. But trust Kenyans to go for looters and conmen!

  • @sebitolara4548
    @sebitolara4548 Жыл бұрын

    This guy is always super, he's amongst the list of those admire in Kenya's politic.

  • @frankwilliams2018
    @frankwilliams2018 Жыл бұрын

    Okiya omutata God had a reason why you did not become a priest. You and your brother p.l.o Lumumba you can make a difference in kenya I keep on praying one of this fine days to give people of your kind governance to rule HIS people God bless you.

  • @ismailkassim1192
    @ismailkassim1192 Жыл бұрын

    The elite and middle class voice is seriously missing. I agree with the senator.

  • @54plus41
    @54plus4111 ай бұрын

    when exposing criminals become a crime,you are dealing with criminals .

  • @user-tx9ml1ep9p
    @user-tx9ml1ep9p Жыл бұрын

    Wewe okia endelea kutetea watu wa mungu utafunikwa na damu ya yesu krito❤❤🎉

  • @kamatahe
    @kamatahe Жыл бұрын

    Insightful prognosis. Excellent solutions. Rule of the Law.

  • @joshuachibeu5848
    @joshuachibeu5848 Жыл бұрын

    I have subscribed because of okiya omtata, our feature president

  • @Julius-W.
    @Julius-W. Жыл бұрын

    Indeed this is what our leaders should learn from...

  • @riftvalleyinformer8682

    @riftvalleyinformer8682

    11 ай бұрын

    Our leaders shall never learn from this information. In fact, they will double up on the corruption.

  • @paulkariuki4014
    @paulkariuki4014 Жыл бұрын

    Okiya Omtatah is a public defender on probono..

  • @zeeituni
    @zeeituni Жыл бұрын

    Great lesson from Omtata to these guys. You must be knowledgeable about what you are fighting otherwise you will lose. You guys sitting down, are you learning anything from Omtata or are just whiling away your time???

  • @Crabtree1844

    @Crabtree1844

    11 ай бұрын

    Some of them are even sleeping or scrolling on their phones!

  • @wycliffelevigan6702
    @wycliffelevigan6702 Жыл бұрын

    Odious debt makes me think of how Haiti was forced to pay France for attaining its independence

  • @geoffreyngesa6804
    @geoffreyngesa6804 Жыл бұрын

    God bless this man and give him more life to be the president of this country.

  • @SamuelOchieng124
    @SamuelOchieng124 Жыл бұрын

    A very brilliant conversation with Dr omtatah

  • @silvershsadow2045
    @silvershsadow2045 Жыл бұрын

    This is the type of leader to follow. Not Maandamano.not stones. Pure reasoning of facts and figures.

  • @Ogulmama777

    @Ogulmama777

    Жыл бұрын

    Dictators and corrupt leaders know no reasoning. Hence the dictator.

  • @samwelokoth7829
    @samwelokoth7829 Жыл бұрын

    Great man thanks so much

  • @misamixtimothosunday3259
    @misamixtimothosunday3259 Жыл бұрын

    This is a voice of God

  • @Crabtree1844

    @Crabtree1844

    11 ай бұрын

    Acts 12:22-23 (KJV) "And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost." Be careful how you ascribe such statements to a mere man, however good he may be in your eyes.

  • @OmenaJasango
    @OmenaJasango Жыл бұрын

    Okiya Mtata.. I concur...the judges are "idiots" making idiotic rulings. Meaning of An idiot....one who does something which they know is wrong, but they rule with impunity.

  • @KanuMoto

    @KanuMoto

    Жыл бұрын

    Dirty jaluo

  • @Crabtree1844

    @Crabtree1844

    11 ай бұрын

    Just like their mothers.

  • @jameskarugu9370
    @jameskarugu9370 Жыл бұрын

    i wish he was the president of this country. Can't be bribed, always thinking of the welfare of mwananchi and his country. Sharp and fearless

  • @robertmmuhavi3358
    @robertmmuhavi3358 Жыл бұрын

    Our politicians should rot in hell. These guys have really let us down.

  • @festusdavidoundo1006
    @festusdavidoundo100611 ай бұрын

    Nothing is impossible; the impossible only takes longer!

  • @MrBabaziro
    @MrBabaziro Жыл бұрын

    Splendid !

  • @rudiahosoro8010
    @rudiahosoro8010 Жыл бұрын

    This are kind of leader we need in our country and be examples to our kids 🧒 may the good God protect you Hon. Omtatah

  • @utamakurautamakura7435
    @utamakurautamakura7435 Жыл бұрын

    Do these wicked men and women take us the citizens for such total fools? These brigands, these rotten entities who have betrayed their human destiny, have played Kenyans as fools for so long. And who are their foreign fellow grifters benefitting from this evil? Dear Senator may Christ lend you that whip He used to clear the temple off the thieves and moneychangers. May God preserve you. Can we please have access to the debt register of Kenya?

  • @RAJULAMIC
    @RAJULAMIC Жыл бұрын

    Insightful

  • @zeeituni
    @zeeituni Жыл бұрын

    Where are the Omtata's in Transparency International??? We need to see and hear them . Let them not just organize seminars and conferences!!!

  • @silvershsadow2045
    @silvershsadow2045 Жыл бұрын

    Okiya Omtatah for President.I will encourage him to try so that we can vote him in.

  • @Guya1984
    @Guya1984 Жыл бұрын

    Wonderful speech.

  • @samuelmacharia8619
    @samuelmacharia8619 Жыл бұрын

    May God give you and baba long live.

  • @shawnmuhatia460
    @shawnmuhatia460 Жыл бұрын

    this is great

  • @elnorahmjomb1896
    @elnorahmjomb1896 Жыл бұрын

    Words of wisdom Mr Omutata

  • @user-bo6rl4pu8v
    @user-bo6rl4pu8v Жыл бұрын

    That's awesome presentation. Kindly mentor young people and especially lawyers to follow your footsteps. This country has a big shortage people like you. Congratulations Daktari but keep the fire burning. We believe in your consistency

  • @elizabeth5366
    @elizabeth5366 Жыл бұрын

    God of Heaven and Earth preserve this man for Kenya in Jesus name

  • @zeeituni
    @zeeituni Жыл бұрын

    Let us not just praise Omtata. Can we live some of the truth that he is talking about????

  • @zeeituni

    @zeeituni

    Жыл бұрын

    That is great and if that happens we are better off for it.

  • @wafulathadeus3980
    @wafulathadeus398011 ай бұрын

    GOD bless you okiya

  • @tiberius9991
    @tiberius9991 Жыл бұрын

    I would not only vote for him, but i'd also be active in campaigning for his presidency.

  • @riftvalleyinformer8682
    @riftvalleyinformer868211 ай бұрын

    How about every government administration settle their own debts. In other words, those in power should own up with whatever they borrow. Failure to do so shall they be taken to court, auction all their assets and use the proceeds to pay the debt.

  • @Ogulmama777
    @Ogulmama777 Жыл бұрын

    Kenyans embrace thieves. Same Kenyans elect a thief for the highest office and yet has been in Court and still have many cases of corruptions in Courts . Mtu yetu.

  • @annwilliams5041
    @annwilliams5041 Жыл бұрын

    Okiya Omtatah for president. If we want to change our country for our future generation!

  • @OsungaOkello
    @OsungaOkello Жыл бұрын

    The Turkish Foreign Intelligence : Nothing is Impossible. The impossible just takes a little longer.

  • @georgemungai239
    @georgemungai23911 ай бұрын

    Hon Okiya explains that when he didn't understand, he allowes a young man to educate him on the Euro bond and unearthtge corruption surrounding it. Lets allow ourselves info and knowledge so as to atticulate public issues.

  • @lenahmutheu3401
    @lenahmutheu3401 Жыл бұрын

    To fight corruption you need to be informed.....

  • @alwymitch2980

    @alwymitch2980

    Жыл бұрын

    🤝🏽

  • @zachariahmuthoka6076
    @zachariahmuthoka6076 Жыл бұрын

    This is in order sir. We should not pay those debts.... We need to disown them right away.

  • @mbuikibuga5447
    @mbuikibuga54475 ай бұрын

    As Kenyan can we try with private candidates as our leaders

  • @pricenimo8701
    @pricenimo870111 ай бұрын

    Okiya omtata my love❤

  • @danielnjoroge8724
    @danielnjoroge8724 Жыл бұрын

    spot on

  • @zeeituni
    @zeeituni Жыл бұрын

    We need more Omtatas in this country. He is really principled. Imagine the kind of bribes that he is refusing. Many Kenyans are pretenders, they go with the wind. Money in itself cannot make you happy. You are happy because your conscience is clear. Kenyans should read the book of Kings and see what happened to the Kings when they did not obey God!!!!!

  • @tompeters8696
    @tompeters8696 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Omutatah. I wished Raila used his time to tell us these. We would all go for his Maandamano, but then the he became part of the problem!

  • @margaretobara9362

    @margaretobara9362

    Жыл бұрын

    Raila advocate for change in his own way omutata also has his space they both advocate for change.

  • @nickomwango8679

    @nickomwango8679

    Жыл бұрын

    Raila talked a lot on SGR and Eurobond. He did his best to sensitize Kenyans on what was going on but he was mocked and ridiculed at the time, and even lost the 2017 election to the authors of the two scandals. Kenyans need to take responsibility for encouraging and perpetuating these acts through the ballot. The truth always comes out in the end.

  • @Crabtree1844

    @Crabtree1844

    11 ай бұрын

    You are the solution/change that YOU want to see. Stop passing the responsibility on others. What have YOU done?

  • @silvershsadow2045
    @silvershsadow2045 Жыл бұрын

    This issue is just clear odious.Uhuru secured loan money from China & kept it.signed Kenya to pay it a now we are in debt with interest. We don't have to pay coz we didn't receive it. UHURU KENYATTA MUST PAY FROM HIS ASSETS. NOT THE TAXPAYERS

  • @Crabtree1844

    @Crabtree1844

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes.

  • @Guya1984
    @Guya1984 Жыл бұрын

    I agree with you Okiyo Mtata

  • @jamesoigo6521
    @jamesoigo6521 Жыл бұрын

    He should lead Kenya

  • @riftvalleyinformer8682
    @riftvalleyinformer868211 ай бұрын

    Insanity because the public are being made to believe that China financed the SGR. The question comes, who is Kenya paying the loan mokey to.

  • @ronnympinda4779
    @ronnympinda4779 Жыл бұрын

    The only man standing

  • @printmedia1422
    @printmedia1422 Жыл бұрын

    Every body who saw the bomas draft being hijacked by politicians and embraced the 2010 constitution which was just a bbi , a fact that was observed by the high court during bbi trial and seconded by orengo during appeal...so all who joinded the gang became part of the game... Omutata and willy mutunga unfortunately joined the gang