The Finance Bill’s second reading has sailed through Parliament after fierce exchanges between Kenya Kwanza Azimio MPs on the controversial proposed law that has been the subject of debate among Kenyans.
The bill passed the stage with 257 vote in support against 81 votes from Mps who were opposing it.
More than 90 percent of Kenyans reject the Finance Bill, 2023, which has the government’s taxation plan for the financial year starting in July, according to a survey released today.
The survey by civil society groups, Twaweza and Centre for Fiscal Affairs (CFA), shows that at least 75.1 percent of Kenyans strongly don’t support the Bill, while 17.8 don’t support it.
Only 1.9 percent of 25,966 Kenyans who took the survey indicated that they strongly support the Bill, whose controversial proposals have elicited widespread criticism.
The survey was undertaken between May 19 and June 6, with 20 percent of the respondents being Nairobians.
The results show that Kenyans are strongly against most of the controversial proposals contained in the Bill and feel that the government should eliminate the corruption that is bleeding billions of taxpayer money, as well as stop wastage instead of raiding citizens’ pockets.
