{"id":94929,"date":"2023-06-12T12:07:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/rutos-finance-bill-is-punitive-oppressive-wamuchomba"},"modified":"2023-06-12T12:17:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T12:17:06","slug":"rutos-finance-bill-is-punitive-oppressive-wamuchomba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/rutos-finance-bill-is-punitive-oppressive-wamuchomba","title":{"rendered":"Ruto&#8217;s Finance Bill is punitive, oppressive &#8211; Wamuchomba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba has described the Finance Bill 2023 as punitive, oppressive and scandalous. The legislator said the Kenya Kwanza government must listen to the cries of the citizens in regard to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Finance Bill 2023 is Punitive, oppressive and scandalous. The ruling class must listen to the cries of its citizenry. That&#8217;s democracy,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Wamuchomba went on to quote the bible story of King Ahab, who died after refusing to follow the counsel of a prophet that had told him not to go into battle and instead listened to 400 false prophets who told Ahab whatever they thought he wanted to hear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe spirit of the prophet of the Lord is alive. You can slap me, jail me without food or abuse me, but God speaks through his people,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The controversial Finance Bill which has received criticism and praise from leaders and Kenyans alike is set to be tabled for debate on the floor of the House on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndungu will on Thursday, June 15 read the budget in Parliament before the debate. President William Ruto during his Madaraka Day speech expressed satisfaction with the debate that the proposed bill has been generating.<\/p>\n<p>Ruto said the bill has changed the national discourse in the country from a political and ethnic discussion to an economic one. \u201cThere is a robust debate on the Finance Bill taking place everywhere in this country, churches, social places formal and informal workplaces, all media platforms and busy as well as in urban and rural gathering,\u201d Ruto said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor weeks now the debate has remained issue-oriented and there is no hint of divisive ethnic rhetoric at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. Githunguri Member of Parliament Gathoni Wamuchomba has described the Finance Bill 2023 as punitive, oppressive and scandalous. The legislator said the Kenya Kwanza government must listen to the cries of the citizens in regard to the bill. &#8220;The Finance Bill 2023 is Punitive, oppressive and scandalous. 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