Former Kibwezi West MP Kalembe Ndile now wants MPs to reject President Uhuru Kenyatta’s 8 percent proposed Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel and petroleum products.
Ndile said the proposed VAT is still high for Kenyans who are already struggling to survive.
The former MP hit out at the Jubilee government accusing it of over-borrowing and putting the burden on poor taxpayers.
He said Kenyans have already been overtaxed hence the introduction of VAT on fuel is meant to make them poorer.
“Millions of Kenya are poor because of the government’s appetite for external loans and excessive spending,” Ndile said.
Ndile addressed the press at Mlolongo town in Machakos County on Wednesday.
He urged the government to look for alternative items to tax and not fuel.
Ndile said the country’s economic crisis is likely to deepen if the Jubilee administration continues to excessively borrow from external lenders.
MPs are expected to vote on the proposed 8 percent VAT on fuel today.
A section of MPs has vowed to reject the proposal.
There has been a public uproar over the rise in fuel prices since the introduction of the 16 percent VAT on fuel that came into effect on September 1, 2018.
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