President William Ruto has awoken to a fierce early morning political counter-offensive from Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna, who has launched a scathing attack on the Head of State’s taxation policies and executive expenditure.
Following three consecutive days of relentless verbal broadsides from President Ruto during his development tour of the Rift Valley region, the vocal ODM lawmaker has decided to confront the administration head-on regarding mandatory statutory deductions.
Taking to his official social media platforms, Senator Sifuna has fired back at the President’s recent public rants, exposing the heavy financial burden imposed on working citizens through statutory deductions.
The Nairobi legislator has revealed that beyond paying Ksh24,000 monthly for what he has termed the housing levy scheme, he has also continued remitting Ksh43,000 every month for the Social Health Authority scheme.
Furthermore, Sifuna has highlighted that the executive branch has consistently collected Ksh500,000 monthly from his Pay As You Earn tax deductions, only to squander public funds on lavish State House hospitality expenses like tea and refreshments while disparaging overtaxed workers.
The Senator’s explosive comeback has escalated the bitter standoff between the ruling Kenya Kwanza coalition and opposition lawmakers over rising living costs.
Sifuna has insisted that tax-paying Kenyans have continued bearing the heavy burden of government expenditure, reassuring workers that opposition forces have remained fully committed to slashing bloated state budgets and dismantling controversial levies in upcoming policy reforms.
This sharp morning rebuttal has effectively shifted political momentum back to the national tax debate.
By directly questioning how state machinery has utilized PAYE revenues while defending Kenyan wage earners, Senator Sifuna has intensified the ongoing ideological clash over public spending and taxation, setting up an explosive policy battle ahead of the 2027 general election.