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Ukur Yatani

Date of Birth: 12 March 1967
Place of Birth: Marsabit, Kenya


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A selective war on graft

The likes of former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu and Ukur Yatani Treasury cabinet secretary in Uhuru Kenyatta's government and Marsabit governor are also facing trial over accusations of land grabbing embezzlement procurement and tender irregularities (AC Vol 61 No 6 The fight for Jubilee)...


Auditor in the dock

UltimatumAt a parliamentary hearing in March Nyakang'o reported that Ukur Yatani the former Treasury Cabinet Secretary and a loyalist of former President Uhuru Kenyatta gave her less than half an hour to give the green light for KSh23bn ($150m) of spending just days before last August's general election...


The hustler backs austerity

Bleak as the figures are they are an improvement on last year suggesting measures by outgoing Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani to aggressively enforce tax compliance are bearing fruit...


Kenyatta era debts haunt Ruto's growth plan

National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has sharply dismissed claims by officials close to Ruto that the country had just KSh93m ($770 000) in its coffers when Kenyatta left office...


Ruto plays the economy blame-game

Outgoing Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani has prepared plans to overhaul tax policy in order to simplify tax registration part of Ruto's plans to increase compliance and revenue...


Spiralling prices dominate budgets

Tanzania and Uganda were the only two countries in the region to keep to the traditional mid-June budget day this year with Kenya's Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani tabling his budget in April to give the National Assembly plenty of time to pass it ahead of August's presidential elections...

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Battling over the legacy

Election year promises to ramp up debt Kenyan Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani brought forward the final budget of Uhuru Kenyatta's presidency by two months in a bid to ensure that the government's tax and spending plans are passed by the National Assembly well before August's general elections...


Hustlers and handshakes

' The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has also given Ukur Yatani's Treasury the green light announcing in December that it would disburse another US$258...


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