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| South Mugirango Member of Parliament Silvanus Osoro |
South Mugirango Member of Parliament Silvanus Osoro has joined other MPs in declining the Division of Revenue Bill proposed by the Senate. South Mugirango MP says governors do not use county funds on developments. Osoro, speaking before the National Assembly on Monday, May 13, opposed the proposed bill, which called for an increase in county revenue. Osoro argued that instead of adding revenues to the counties the committee should instead discuss how to add more funds to the Constituency Development Funds (CDF) and the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) He further argued that money cannot be added to counties because, according to him, governors are not making tangible changes in their counties. “You’ll need a microscope to identify what governors do. The only development these guys are doing is traveling with a convoy of twenty vehicles with chairs, carpets, goons, and girlfriends disrupting funerals,’ he said 2 UDA MPs reject taxes levied on farmers Earlier, on Tuesday March 5, Gatanga and Kandara Members of Parliament Edward Muriu and Chege Njunguna rallied behind avocado farmers to reject a section of the Finance Act 2023 months after enthusiastically voting for the document. They were speaking during an event where KRA representatives were enlightening the farmers on the provisions of the Finance Act 2023. The officials also explained to the farmers how to generate and transmit their invoices via the Electronic Tax Invoice Management System (eTIMS). The lawmakers confidently declared their refusal to comply with the demands of tax authorities. MPs reject payment of KSh 4b unga subsidy On, March 1, 2023, Members of Parliament dismissed the payment of KSh 4 billion to maize millers for unga subsidy programme. The former administration, under the leadership of ex-president Uhuru Kenyatta, implemented an 8 billion Kenyan Shilling subsidy to mitigate the impact of increasing unga prices. On Tuesday, February 28, the National Assembly Budget and Appropriation Committee approved the supplementary budget issued by the Treasury in January 2023.
by Faith Chandianya