Nominated MP John Mbadi claims that President William Ruto's administration is increasing taxing rates on Kenyans to pay for excessive spending.
According to Mbadi, despite knowing that the country's economy was in shambles, President Ruto continued to appoint excess public officials to positions of power.
On Citizen TV's Daybreak broadcast on Thursday, mbadi said that President Ruto had more than doubled the number of public officials appointed during Uhuru Kenyatta's reign, with obvious consequences for taxpayers.
Mbadi asked What Ruto's government wants to do is take money out of people's pockets and give it to the government to finance extravagance, which he calls extravagance because who forced William Ruto into this state of the economy to employ 50 CASs.
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This comes amid a weeks-long outrage among Kenyans as the discussion over the Finance Bill 2023 gathers steam.
To raise revenue, the Ruto-led administration proposed doubling the VAT on petroleum products from 8% to 16%, which went into effect on Monday and would be in place until June 14, 2023.
Another problematic issue is the proposed 3% deduction from civil officials' salaries to cover housing costs.
According to President Ruto, the initiative intends to assist Kenyans to own homes while simultaneously creating job possibilities for Kenyan youth.
Simultaneously, beginning in July, Kenyans would contribute 2.7% of their incomes to the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
NSSF rates have also increased from a monthly commitment of Ksh.200 to a 6% contribution from every Kenyan, with another 6% matched by their employer.
For example, an employee in Tier I earning Ksh.6,000 per month should have Ksh.360 removed from their pay, and their employer should pay a similar amount for a total of Ksh.720.
A tier II employee earning Ksh.18,000 or more per month becomes the upper limit of contributions, paying Ksh.1,080, with their employer matching a similar amount for a total of Ksh.2,160.
