Majority Chief Whip Silvanus Osoro has insisted that the Finance Bill will pass despite receiving calls and messages from Kenyans.....CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Osoro, who is also the South Mugirango Member of Parliament has maintained that most parliamentarians will not reject the financial bill despite humiliating text messages and calls from furious Kenyans who rallied them to reject it.
Most members of the parliament had resorted to switching off their phones or blocking all numbers after receiving several calls on Thursday.
The MPs allied to the government had vowed to pass the bill next week.
“We are not going to reject the finance bill, because we must fund government, but we are going to reject contentious clauses. Clauses about bread are debatable,” Osoro reiterated.
The MPs are however open to considering and subsequently changing proposals that have been met with a backlash.
The opposition side had threatened to introduce amendments to the rejected proposal such as the excise tax on bread and the now infamous motor vehicle tax.
A section of MPs whose contacts are now in public have been receiving constant messages and calls from Kenyans who rallied them to oppose the bill.
In a social movement titled #RejectFinanceBill2024, Kenyans took to social media to appeal to the MPs to drop the Bill in Parliament, citing unnecessary induced taxes that will subject them to a further economic crisis. The push was part of an online campaign that sought to force MPs to reject the bill ahead of its debate next week in the National Assembly.
Silvanus Osoro confirmed receiving over 3,000 messages and several calls with most Kenyans expressing dissatisfaction and frustration over the new taxes introduced.
The campaign came on a day when Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung’u presented budget estimates for the new financial year 2024/2025.
The over-debated Finance Bill forms part of the strategies by the government to meet its Ksh.3.9 trillion revenue target…CONTINUE READING>>
