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Wednesday, June 19, 2024 –Thousands of young Kenyans are again prepared to march to the streets tomorrow Thursday June 19 in protest of the contentious Finance Bill 2024.
This is after the Gen Z had realised that whatever changes that had been proposed in the draft over the removal of certain taxes, had not been effected 24 hours later.
This has seen government officials led by majority leader Kimani Ichung’wah move to quell the looming tension from the city youths.
According to Ichung’wah, any proposal made by the public, politicians or interest groups are never edited in Parliament. He therefore urged the public to remain patience as whatever they had proposed will finally be captured and adopted in the Finance Act.
“Good people, we don’t EDIT bills in Parliament. We propose and adopt Amendments. That is the normal procedure in law making. Finance Bill not being an exemption. The Finance Act will eventually capture the adopted amendments and that is what will constitute the ACT of Parliament that becomes the operative law,” stated Ichung’wah
Addressing the same matter from elsewhere, Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has urged the agitated youths to protest in peace and challenged the law enforcers to understand that everybody has a right to assemble and picket.
“I understand fellow Kenyans will be back out tomorrow. Every person, peaceably and unarmed, has a right to assemble, to demonstrate, to picket, and to present petitions to public authorities in Kenya. I therefore humbly urge law enforcement agencies to show restraint from use of excessive force on peaceful demonstrators. Meanwhile, we are listening. Thank you for your courage and honesty. This is what makes Kenya great,” she advised.
On Tuesday June 18, hundreds of young men and women dubbed Gen Z flocked the streets of Nairobi in protest against the Finance Bill that had with it strange taxes including the motor vehicle taxes.
