The Finance Bill, 2023, has similar red flags to former President Uhuru Kenyatta's Building Bridges Initiative. From the government's deceptive explanations, to the whipping of legislators to pass the bill, there is evidence that most Kenya Kwanza politicians prioritise their political fidelities. The political heavens are not blind to the fallacies surrounding the supposed justification of the bill.

First, one of the most openly contested parts of the bill is the housing levy. In guarding his proposed bill, President Ruto is on record saying that those with salaries are hesitant to contribute to the housing levy because they want the jobless to continue struggling. While the president's conclusion sounds convincing to the poor that they lack because the rich have, there is a lack of connection between the premises and the conclusion.

Moreover, it is true that no one wants to get more deductions from their payslip-the deductions from the average Kenyans are already too many and leave measly take-home amounts that are at the edge of the one-third rule of Section 19(3) of the Employment Act of 2007. What will the government do to have the employers break the law if they were to make such deductions on employees?