Court declines Omtatah request to parliament speakers over Finance Act, 2023
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Blow to Omtatah as High Court rejects his attempt question speakers of parliament Moses Wetangula and Amason Kingi over the Finance Act, 2023
Blow to Omtatah as High Court rejects his attempt question speakers of parliament Moses Wetangula and Amason Kingi over the Finance Act, 2023.
The legitimacy of the new tax measures has been contested, according to Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah, who claims the bill did not pass the Senate as required for laws affecting counties.
Wetang’ula and Kingi have both signed affidavits stating that there was concurrence, though.
Omtatah is explicitly criticizing the housing tax, arguing that as housing is a devolved function and senators should have been involved in the discussion of the bill.
“There is a need to have the Speaker of the Senate cross-examined because what he has deponed in his affidavits are lies. I am a sitting Senator and there was never such concurrence,” Omtatah said.
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Second petitioner Eliud Matindi also sought to have Wetang’ula cross-examined over the same.
Lawyers acting for both Wetang’ula and Kingi opposed the application saying what the House leaders said in their affidavits were factual and supported by evidence hence the court should determine them on that basis.
In a brief ruling, High Court Judges David Majanja, Christine Meoli and Lawrence Mugambi summarily dismissed tthe applications.
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