A section of Kenyans has taken to social media to call for a mass protest on Tuesday, June 18.
Kenyans have expressed anger at the proposed Finance Bill 2024, which has clauses that would impose punitive taxes on their hard-earned salary.
Taking to social media, Kenyans united under hashtags #RejectFinanceBill2024, #TokeaTuesday and #OcuppyParliament to push Members of Parliament to shoot down the contentious bill.
On X, netizens expressed their opinions, faulting President William Ruto for proposing the draconian bill.
Videos of Kenyans carrying placards and singing slogans filled the timeline, promising an action-packed Tuesday.
Others listed clauses and taxes that they want to be removed from the Finance Bill 2024 before it is passed at the National Assembly and assented into law by President Ruto.
"Taxes that must be scrapped immediately VAT on bread, motor vehicle tax, cancer treatment tax, tax on diapers, tax on sanitary pads, digital tax, tax on mpesa, KRA powers to access people's data and Eco Tax," Lemayian Lasiti said on X.
Activists joined the voices, amplifying them ahead of tomorrow's duel between disappointed Kenyans and Members of Parliament.
"Here are chants to learn ahead of #RejectFinanceBill2024 March on Tuesday. Wherever you will be coming from, just carry a whistle, shout the words been said in this video in the CBD, and you will find comrades to march with," Boniface Mwangi said, quoting a video of Kenyans chanting liberation slogans.
The public dissent came days after MPs engaged Kenyans in a public participation exercise, collecting their views on the controversial Finance Bill 2024.
The online noise has pushed the Parliamentary Budget Committee led by Molo MP Kuria Kimani to consider removing the much-deplored Motor Vehicle Tax.
The committee is considering throwing away the tax alongside eco levy, excise duty on bread and vegetable oil, and money transfer and internet tax.
