At the moment, there is a robust debate on the Finance Bill taking place everywhere in this country: Church, social places, formal and informal workplaces, all media platforms and busy markets, as well as in urban and rural gatherings.
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has hit out at Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition Party Leader Raila Odinga over his constant opposition to the Finance Bill 2023 which among other things proposes the introduction of the controversial Housing fund.
Gachagua noted that Kenya was a trailblazing nation for generating a national debate on public financing, taxation and other policy issues while other countries can’t.
DP Gachagua who spoke in Nyeri on Thursday insisted that Bill is good for the country, claiming that all Kenyans of goodwill were in support of the bill apart from the Opposition leader.
“We are truly a trailblazing nation. Many countries struggle in vain to generate a national debate on public financing, taxation or other policy issues. In Kenya, we have easily sustained intense discourse on the Finance Bill and the Affordable Housing Policy for several weeks now,” he said.
While reiterating that Odinga has always opposed any ‘good’ proposal for the nation, the DP took a swipe at the Azimio chief claiming that the former prime minister is misleading Kenyans.
DP Gachagua claimed that the debate on Finance Bill 2023 has been issue-oriented and devoid of divisive ethnic rhetoric.
“Wajumbe wote wa Kenya Kwanza wako nyuma ya rais kwa mambo ya Finance Bill. Yule mtu anapinga ni Raila, na huyo hupinga kila kitu,” he said.
The debate has remained issue-oriented, and there is no hint of divisive ethnic rhetoric at all. The cost of living is keeping all leaders, including myself, awake, and this is precisely as it should be.
“Ukiona kitu Raila anapinga hicho ni kitu kizuri. Raila akikwambia mkutane Nyandarua, usiende Nyandarua, mngoje Kirinyaga. Yeye ndio anapinga na kukoroga watu.”
by: Updater