KUTUNY: How MPs adopted Finance Bill 2018 was daylight robbery

What transpired today (Thursday) in parliament regarding the way President Uhuru Kenyatta’s memorandum on Finance Bill 2018 was adopted is a fallacy.

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I want to put it clear that the leadership of Parliament used unorthodox, undemocratic and unprocedural means to pass the President’s memorandum.

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The action totally undermines democracy and amounts to daylight robbery of democracy against the wishes of the common mwananchi.

I want to remind the leadership of Parliament that they need not to force everything to happen, least they invite silent revolution.

Was it the Ayes or the Nays who had it? Be the judge #TaxVoteKe pic.twitter.com/IEjmuiyWvy

— mnataka nifanye nini (@jaymburu2013) September 20, 2018

The principal of politics calls for consultation and reaching out to opposing sides and people of divergent opinion on issues of common concern facing Kenyans.

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As much as they resort to barbaric means in handling issues of great concern, history will judge them harshly for oppressing poor Kenyans.

In conclusion, the rebellion witnessed today (Thursday) in Parliament is a tip of the iceberg over many underlying issues.

MPs, among them, John Mbadi and Junet Mohamed, who walked out during voting on Uhuru's tax proposals, follow proceedings in the chambers on TV #FinanceBill2018 pic.twitter.com/C5FlQH62Dt

— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) September 20, 2018

This should serve as a wake up call to the Executive and the leadership of Parliament.

Joshua Kutuny is the Member of Parliament for Cherangany Constituency.

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