This is how Ruto can reduce the cost of living-MP Didmus Barasa.
This is how Ruto can reduce the cost of living; In a statement, MP Didmus Barasa stated that the only way President Ruto can reduce the cost of living, is through cutting taxes that are imposed on petroleum products.
Legislator Didmus Barasa pointed fingers towards the president stating that Kenyans voted him in but he has done nothing but double the Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products from 8 to 18 per cent.
Barasa stated,”Of course, we know that the cost of petroleum is as a result of global markets, where Kenya as a country has a limited role to play on how we are going to approach it, but we can circumvent it by lowering the taxes levied on petroleum products.”
”Let us focus on how we are going to reconstruct the economy and how we are going to lower the cost of living,”Barasa added.
The member of parliament further advised the president to re- look his manifesto and stick to the things that he promised Kenyans during the campaign season.
He stated,”Let him look at what he said he would do for Kenyans once he takes over the government. I would like to tell President Ruto if he wants to please the people of Kenya, he should look at the documents he signed, the economic charters that he signed, the UDA and the Kenya Kwanza manifesto.”
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