Ruto Economic Advisor slams DP Gachagua for One-Man-One-Shilling campaign
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Ruto Economic Advisor, David Ndii opposes the one-man-one-vote one-shilling policy being advocated by DP Gachagua
Ruto Economic Advisor, David Ndii opposes the one-man-one-vote one-shilling policy being advocated by DP Gachagua.
In a statement on X on Sunday, David Ndii maintained that other regions such as the Coast contribute more taxable revenue to the state compared to the populous Mt Kenya region.
Basing his argument on Base Titanium, the economic adviser argued that the company based in Kwale County (and scheduled to exit the Kenyan market by the end of the year) paid Ksh7 billion in taxes and royalties in the financial year that ended in June 2023.
“Base Titanium in Kwale paid Ksh7 billion taxes in 2023. Add all the taxes paid by hotels in Diani and Devki Steel Mill among other large taxpayers in Kwale. I challenge the one-man one-shilling (Mt Kenya) supremacists to list the comparable taxpayers in central,” challenged Ndii.
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The statement by Ruto Economic Advisor comes after the deputy said the policy was the only way to ensure an equitable share of resources by the government.
Gachagua had justified that Mt Kenya was among the most populous regions in the country and held the most votes.
Ndii, however, argued that the Mt Kenya region is dominated by agricultural land which fetches little tax returns for the government.
He further argued that in his role as an advisor, he spent 18 months pitching public-private partnership projects estimated in billions of shillings but none of the targeted companies were located in Mt Kenya, making it difficult for the policy to be effective.
The projects in question include a 20.0000-megawatt windpower in Marsabit, the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor, the Tana-Galana Kulalu irrigation scheme, and the Turkwel Turkana irrigation scheme.
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