We warned that Kenya Kwanza was never going to help Hustlers- Raila Odinga speaks.
Speaking on Friday during the ‘Transforming a Nation’ conference held by the Konrad Adenaueur Stiftung Foundation in Nairobi, opposition leader stated that Kenyans were warned.
He stated,” We warned that Kenya Kwanza was never going to help the hustlers by robbing the rich and middle-class… We warned that no nation can ever tax its citizens into prosperity.”
He further advised president Ruto to cut down on taxes and increase social welfare.
He stated,”To release resources to achieve these objectives, government must cut the budget by an estimated Ksh.500 billion. The current policies have hit low-income families particularly hard, these are the same ow income families that the administration promised to lift up.”
“These families spend more than 40% of their income on food, they deserve and require relief. In particular, we must cut fuel taxes and raise social welfare payments. At this time, we demand tax cuts, not increases; Kenyans need to see their taxes go down, not up. We believe the current taxation regime is not sustainable,” he added.
The opposition leader also highlighted that Kenya kwanza is micro- managing this country and making live in delusions.
He stated,”The government is living in denial. If you listened to the State of the Nation address yesterday, it was as if he was talking to some people living on the moon. You are not being realistic about the problems confronting this country.
“Madam, you’ve written there, “Raila Odinga ran for presidency five times and lost five times and complained that he did not lose each time.” I accepted losing the election in 1997. In 2007, the jury is out there; everybody knows what happened. 2013 everybody knows, 2017 people know, 2022 some of you were not in the country,” he added.
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