Kenyans online share President Ruto, MPs’ phone numbers, demanding they reject Finance Bill 2024. In the hashtags #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #RespectMyHustle,.
Kenyans exchanged their MPs’ numbers in order to inundate them with calls and messages urging them to reject the Finance Bill 2024.
Kinuthia, on the JKL show, has sent a clear message to Kenyans: whether you represent the State House or Wanjiku, the voters who elected you to the Parliament will be marking the register. Soon, we will reveal the identities of our public enemies one by one.
According to President Ruto, MPs will fail Kenyans by rejecting the Finance Bill 2024, which includes funds to restart stalled key roads and energy projects.
Traders, civil society groups, and Muslims have urged MPs from across the political divide to reject the Finance Bill 2024 for the sake of Kenyans.
The Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council (Kemnac) claimed the bill was worse than the previous one and would overburden Kenyans, who are already grappling with the high cost of living.
Sheikh Juma Ngao, the national chairman of Kemnac, stated on Friday that MPs who support the bill should lose in the upcoming elections.
“MPs should put aside their political differences and vote out the Finance Bill 2024 because the document proposes very high taxes. The bill is worse than the 2023/24 one,” Ngao told a press conference in Mombasa.
At the same time, Sheikh Ngao took issue with wasteful spending in government, particularly the local and foreign travel budget by the Office of the President, which accumulated to Sh18.18 billion in just nine months, as flagged by the Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakong’o in her report.
