House team seeks to push for fresh relook into Finance Bill

National Treasury CS Njuguna Ndungu when he appeared before the National Assembly Finance and Planning Committee at Hilton Garden Inn on May 29, 2023. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The National Assembly Finance and Planning Committee has yielded to public pressure and is now seeking to amend the Finance Bill 2023 to remove seven contentious clauses.

Despite the tough stance taken by President William Ruto and his Deputy Rigathi Gachagua who have been pushing for the proposals in the Bill, the committee led by Molo MP Kimani Kuria has proposed to amend certain clauses which include the hotly contested three per cent housing levy.