Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has asked kenyans to demand refunds from the government after the high court ruled that housing levy deductions were illegal.
Speaking after the order on Tuesday, the MP referred to the three-judge bench's decision as 'postponing an illegality,' and urged Kenyans to demand refunds of the deductions from the state house.
According to Mr. Owino, the President William Ruto-led regime has been defrauding Kenyans, who have the right to recover their money.
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“I want to thank the Judiciary for the decision…the government was stealing from Kenyans. It was defrauding the hard-earned money that belongs to Kenyans,” he said.
“This is a type of theft called theft by pen and I want to urge Kenyans to go to State House and get their monies from State House. It does not matter where the money will be gotten from, but Kenyans should rush to State House now that the decision is still hot…we strike while the iron is still hot.”
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On the stay orders, he said: "The idea of postponement of this to take effect from January, I don’t think is a right idea. In the wisdom of the Judiciary, they have seen that this thing is unconstitutional. So we can't say it is constitutional now, and it will be unconstitutional from January."
According to the Babu Owino, citizens faced difficult economic conditions, and it was illegal for the government to burden them with additional taxes. Thus, they should be returned.
“People are suffering and have really paid for the housing levy, they have been taxed and overtaxed, used and misused and Kenyans are sniffing the blood of revolution…let them go to State House and get their monies from there,” he noted.
