However, should the MPs vote along political party lines, Odinga has said they will move the tussle to the streets. “We ask Ruto to humble himself, withdraw this bill and offer an apology and seek forgiveness from Kenyans from the anxiety caused and begin afresh,” he said.ĭespite losing out in numbers in the National Assembly to defeat the Finance Bill, the Azimio Coalition is hopeful that lawmakers will vote to oppose the bill citing the tax burden Kenyans will bear if it sails through. The Finance Committee is expected to table the bill in the National Assembly on June 13 th days before the budgeting reading having undergone public participation. Odinga has asked President Ruto’s administration to commence the process of formulating the tax bill afresh and to further seek forgiveness and apology to the common Mwananchi following the agitation the bill has erupted. In the meantime, Azimio Leader Raila Odinga has implored his erstwhile rival President William Ruto to withdraw the contentious Finance Bill 2023 immediately.
The notion that the Finance Bill is a matter of life and death is not true,” said Wandayi. Life will continue because as we speak there is a finance act 2022 which is in place. He stated that the current finance bill will continue being in force subject to the approval and passage of the Finance Bill 2023. He further pointed out that in the event President William Ruto’s administration commences the process afresh and fails to submit the proposed bill for passage by end of this month, no crisis will emerge. Our plea has fallen on deaf ears so far,” Wandayi stated. “We have said time and again that there is still time to withdraw this bill and bring it back in a form that is responsive to the plight of the people and acceptable. The 2022/2023 financial year is set to end on June 30 and the National Assembly is supposed to have concluded the passage of the budget and appropriation bill and the Finance Bill by the end of the month. The Minority Leader urged the Kenya Kwanza Alliance to withdraw the bill insisting there’s ample time for the budget process to commence afresh. We are not going to propose any amendments to it as Azimio,” said Wandayi. “In our view this bill is flawed beyond redemption, we are going to reject it in total. National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi emphasized that the Raila Odinga-led coalition will not attempt to reverse the attempts to defeat the proposed increase in taxes by introducing amendments to change contentious clauses in the bill. NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 8 – Azimio La Umoja One Kenya has said they will not introduce any amendments to the proposed Finance Bill 2023 arguing that the bill is too flawed to be redeemed through amendments.
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