Expensive curtains, lavish garden parties and jet-setting lifestyles: Kenya's cash-strapped government has been on a spending spree even as austerity measures take their toll on weary citizens.
A report released by the country's auditor general last month said the office of the deputy president spent 10.2 million shillings ($70,000) on curtains while splashing out on furniture to the tune of some $50,000.
The purchases, which were "in breach of the law" for flouting procurement rules, according to the report, have struck a nerve with an angry public.
