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Speaking during a Radio Generation interview on Tuesday, the Uasin Gishu Woman Representative said the government has not done enough to consistently explain its actions and policies to the public
The new timetable breaks away from the schedule followed in normal financial years. For the current 2026-27 budget, Mbadi presented the Sh4.82 trillion Budget Highlights in Parliament on June 11, with the Finance Bill and Appropriation Bill considered before the financial year started on July 1.
The businessman said Odinga's political struggle had always been rooted in the pursuit of justice, democracy, and the protection of citizens' rights, rather than chaos and destruction.
On coffee, the President said the government is targeting a jump in annual production from 50,000 metric tonnes to 150,000 metric tonnes by 2028, supported by expansion of land under cultivation and improved farming systems.
Speaking on Radio Generation on Monday, Wamalwa said Members of Parliament had increasingly become aligned with the Executive at the expense of ordinary citizens struggling with the economic impact of taxation.
Under the proposal, core transfer services will be exempt from VAT, while services such as cash handling, payment processing, settlement, merchant acquiring, gateway and aggregation services will still attract the tax.
A total of 122 MPs supported the Bill while 40 voted against it, with no abstentions recorded.
Among the proposals rejected was a plan to remove a legal protection that currently prevents KRA from attaching a taxpayer's bank account once an appeal against a tax assessment has been filed.
Karua questioned the scale of government spending on official travel and accompanying delegations, arguing that the current approach is unsustainable and disconnected from public needs
Kenya Tobacco Control Alliance chairperson Joel Gitali told the committee, chaired by Molo MP Kuria Kimani, that the organisation has been taking part in public participation on the Finance Bill, 2026.
CS Mbadi said the Bill does not seek to impose taxes on traditional financial services such as deposits, withdrawals or foreign exchange transactions. Instead, it seeks to address the tax treatment of technology-driven digital intermediaries and payment platforms that currently operate in areas not fully covered by existing tax laws.
Under the proposal, monthly PAYE would be structured at 10 per cent for the first Sh30,000, 20 per cent on the next Sh8,333, 25 per cent on the next Sh461,667, 27.5 per cent on the next Sh300,000 and 30 per cent on income above Sh800,000.