PRESIDENT WILLIAM RUTO;HOUSING LEVY LOWERED FROM 3% TO 1.5%
Written by Obwoge Joseph on June 12, 2023
By Whitney Akunga
Gatanga Member of Parliament Edward Muriu has revealed that President William Ruto has agreed to climb down and lower the contentious housing levy from 3 per cent to 1.5 per cent.
The legislator, who also serves as the Secretary of Legal Affairs for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), said in a tweet on Monday that the President had listened to Kenyans.
“Thanks, for listening to Kenyans on the tax bill proposal with levy coming down from 3% to 1.5%, Kenyans are happy,” the MP posted on Twitter.
“The next battlefront is KPLC power bills. They have doubled confront the power Purchase Agreements head on,” he added.
His post was endorsed by Dennis Itumbi, the Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Communications, Telkom & Digital Economy who retweeted it saying “Feedback counts, President Ruto listens.”
This revelation comes just a day after the Finance and Planning Committee of the National Assembly made additional recommendations to a number of contentious clauses in the Finance Bill 2023, ahead of its tabling in Parliament on Tuesday.
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