The Azimio la Umoja- One Kenya Coalition has raised concerns over 5 taxes imposed on Kenyans.
In a press statement released on Tuesday, the Summit, the coalition’s top decision-making organ made a stand to oppose various taxes, noting that the Kenya Kwanza regime was punishing the country with the various taxes.
“On the state of the economy, the Summit maintains the view that the tax burden being borne by Kenyans is unreasonable and unsustainable. The Kenya Kwanza regime is failing the test of being caring and compassionate,” the statement read in part.
Some of the taxes highlighted include; the 16 per cent tax on petroleum products. The coalition maintained their opposition to the levy, a stand made earlier after the introduction of the same.
“We remain opposed to the housing tax and its colonial undertones that make it look like the infamous hut tax of the colonial era,” the coalition added.
In addition to the two taxes, Azimio also opposed the high PAYE rates that Kenyan workers are being forced to fork out, the subjection of retiree pensions to taxation, and the idea of subjecting farm produce to taxation.
Defending the farmers constituting a big percentage of Kenyans, the coalition noted that forcing the hustlers to part with Ksh5 for every Sh100 they make from their farm produce was unreasonable and cruel.
Expressing their gratitude for the implementation of the NADCO report, Azimio called for a fast-tracking on its implementation, warning members of the Kenya Kwanza coalition seeking to undermine the report.
“We express gratitude to Parliament for the adoption of the report that was a product of bipartisan consensus and wide public participation,” Azimio stated.
“We notify those forces that should any efforts to undermine or tamper with the report succeed, there will be a very heavy price to pay,” they warned.
The coalition also accused the National Assembly and the Senate speakers of derailing the NADCO report, urging President William Ruto to intervene and rectify the situation.
“Those leaders have demonstrated a determination to delay, derail or even kill the NADCO report, which is a negotiated document that pulled the country out of hostilities to the peace that obtains today. Nobody should take the present situation as a given or for granted,” Azimio noted.
