“President Ruto seems to be living in another world” – Raila Odinga

Azimio leader, Raila Odinga has called out President William Ruto who seems to be unaware of the current situation in the country.

According to Raila, even if the president continues to propose tax increases, he seems to be insensitive to the suffering of Kenyans.

“It is urgent that we bring Ruto back to earth because he lives in another planet,” Raila said.

He spoke on Thursday in Nairobi and claimed that President Ruto’s government has borrowed more money than any other government, but many government services have not been provided.

“They have removed subsidies, they have raised taxes but the shortage of money is up.

They cannot pay salaries, cannot send money to schools.” Raila said.

“They have failed to send money to the elderly, can’t finance NHIF and almost all the big infrastructure projects have stalled where does the money go to ?”

Raila claimed Ruto is trying to change the country’s debt ceiling from the current level of 10 trillion shillings to 55% of the National GDP.

” The level of debt is now 60% of the national GDP In order to evade law, Ruto wants to force an amendment to the Public Finance Act to allow the Ministry of Finance determine the level of National debt and not Parliament,” Raila said.

The opposition leader called on leaders to reject the proposed tax to save the country’s economy.

“As this bill heads to the National Assembly, we must remind Ruto that excessive taxation hinders growth.

We must tell Ruto when people have to park their cars at home and postpone trips to the countryside because they cannot afford fuel or fares, it is bad for the economy,” Raila added.

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