Ruto turns heat on Raila over tax evasion claims
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Ruto ally, Dennis Itumbi asks Azimio leader Raila Odinga to pay tax as the debate on tax evasion continues
Ruto ally, Dennis Itumbi asks Azimio leader Raila Odinga to pay tax as the debate on tax evasion continues.
Azimio Leader Raila Odinga was on Monday, January 6 asked to pay Ksh344 million in taxes on Monday, January 6, for allegedly dumping petroleum in December 2022.
Dennis Itumbi, a digital strategist and Kenya Kwanza representative, said that the matter will not be left in the hands of tax collectors.
“Former PM Raila Odinga before you put President William Ruto to the task, pay your Taxes. Pay up the Ksh344 million owed to the Kenya Revenue Authority. This matter will not be left to Tax collectors. It is a top priority for Kenyans.”
By the way, there are no new taxes. They are the same Uhuru Kenyatta and yourself had during your time. The last Finance bill was 2022, when your handshake was still in power,” Itumbi told Raila in a post on Facebook.
Itumbi’s demand comes amid President William Ruto’s Government’s mounting pressure on Kenyans to pay their fair share of taxes.
The demands were accentuated by the entangling of the Kenyatta family in the tax row which saw the former first lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta respond to allegations of evasion.
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In her response, Mama Ngina stated that due process of the law should be followed in addressing the matter rather than soiling people’s names.
“There is no need of spoiling my name and that of others so that you can be seen to be working. Let those accused be taken to court and pay what he or she is supposed to pay,” she remarked.
Itumbi’s accusations of Odinga could be a government plot to dissuade the former Prime Minister’s onslaught on the regime with recently Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua revealing that Itumbi’s job description in government was that of ‘come here go there’
Speaking in Kerugoya on Sunday, January 22, Gachagua revealed that Itumbi had no designated office, but was a close aide to President William Ruto.
“Many of you wonder what is the work of Itumbi. His office is known as come here go there. He is a close friend of our President,” he disclosed.
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