DILEMMA FOR MPs AS FINANCE BILL ENTERS FINAL STAGE

Part of Azimio MPs have gone against the coalitions and proclaimed support for the finance Bill 2024. Those supporting the bill have challenged their colleagues opposed to it, to push for revisions instead of threatening to sink the proposed bill.

Speaking in Luanda, Vihiga County, during funds drivein aid of ODM parliamentarians led by Khwisero MP Christopher Aseka, they tried to persuade those against the bill to seize from misleading citizens about the proposed bill.

“We have a finance Bill before us and let MPs stop misleading Kenyans at funerals or public events, let us present our views in Parliament, we protect the poor but saying we can shoot down the finance bill is a big lie,” said Aseka.

Ikolomani MP Bernard Shinali tried to persuade his colleagues to stop spreading propaganda in funerals and churches but instead use parliament to reject the bill.

“Let us not lament before people because the finance bill is debated in the parliament not in public forums, let’s do it in the parliament so as to be truthful to our people,” said Shinali.

Suna West MP peter masara urged his colleagues to dismiss the finance Bill 2024"

“I want my colleagues to make amendments to sections that will hurt people, if the bill has to be passed repressive sections should be rejected,” said Masara.

STORY BY BECKY AKINYI

EDITED BY KEVIN MOGAMBI