Dr. Miguna Miguna, a Kenyan lawyer and self-proclaimed general, this afternoon allowed you to criticize President William Ruto over his earlier remarks supporting the proposal to increase taxation from the current 16% to 22%.
“My drive is to push Kenya, possibly this year we will be at 16% from 14%. I want in my term, God willing, to leave it at between 20 and 22 %. It’s going to be difficult, I have a lot of to do, people will complain but I know finally they will appreciate that the money we go to borrow from the World Bank is savings from other countries,” said Ruto.
Migina Miguna gestures during a past media interview
In his hard-hitting statement, Dr. Miguna Miguna termed President William Ruto’s remarks as reckless, adding that he cannot support such a proposal when ministers and other government officials continue to milk the public coffers dry.
In his message to the head of state, Miguna claimed that President William Ruto risks becoming the most unpopular and possibly a one-term president if the finance bill passes.
“This is a reckless statement and plan, President William Ruto. Kenyans are over-taxed, repressed, exploited, and abused. The high taxes Kenyans pay are stolen, misused, diverted, and wasted by a few politicians and plutocrats, many of them your cronies.
Pres. William Ruto signs a bill into law
“You can’t compare the 13% goods and services tax in Canada, for example, which is used to provide universal quality healthcare, education, housing, first-class highways, roads, sewer systems, and a million other public services to residents, with the state of collapse, destitution, rot, and decay in Kenya.
“President William Ruto, please show some respect to the suffering Kenyans who allowed you to be president. Stop adding sulfuric acid to our injuries!” Miguna Miguna wrote in the statement
