MPs who voted YES for Finance Bill 2024 are the true heroes of Kenya; Ruto
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President Ruto lauds the MPs who supported the contentious Finance Bill 2024, terming them the "true heroes of Kenya."
President Ruto lauds the MPs who supported the contentious Finance Bill 2024, terming them the “true heroes of Kenya.”
President William Ruto has defended Members of Parliament (MPs) who voted in support of the contentious Finance Bill 2024.
Speaking to a roundtable interview at State House, Ruto described the MPs who voted YES to pass the contentious Bill as the true heroes of the country.
The Head of State insisted that the MPs had made a sacrifice to save the country from the debt burden which he indicated that they inherited from the previous regime.
“I have been working tirelessly to bring Kenya out of this debt trap. It is easy to say let us drop the bill, and I have accepted that decision. However, it has significant consequences: we will not be able to confirm the 46,000 JSS teachers, we can not support our farmers with KSh 2 billion, we cant’ address the coffee debt and cherry fund, or resolve the debt of farmers in Mumias. We will continue to import potatoes from Europe.
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“One day Kenya will know that the MPs who voted yes are the true heroes of Kenya. Those are the people who saw the opportunity to unchain our country from debts,” Ruto stated.
While defending the MPs, Ruto revealed that dropping the Finance Bill 2024 has taken the country two years back.
Further, he clarified that he is not the one who introduced the Finance Bill in Kenya. He insisted governments since independence have been implementing the Finance Bill to finance the budget.
“Many people think the Finance Bll was an invention of Ruto. It has been with us since independence. We have dropped the Bill, this means we have gone back almost two years.”
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