ANC leader Musalia Mudavadi now wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to resign or dissolve cabinet for 'letting him down'.
Mudavadi, a former Finance Minister said that the current situation following rejection of Finance Bill by Uhuru is orchastrated by poor fiscal policy by government departments.
“In situations of paralysis like this, governments resign or dissolve . . . What the President needs is, in his words, "not politics". He needs pragmatic, predictable and consistent financial management. He must dissolve to re-engineer government,” Mr Mudavadi said in a press statement on Tuesday.
Although he supports reduction of VAT to 8%, the NASA leader believes that austerity measures proposed by the president can still run the country without taxing poor people.
“If corruption, pilferage, looting and wastage can be contained in government, those funds can cover budget shortfalls and even service debts comfortably,” Mr Mudavadi said.
He went on: “This disaffection within and outside the government, concerning lack of consistent fiscal policies, is pervasive. But the Jubilee government is living in denial over the rampage borrowing spree that has boomeranged.
On Tuesday, NASA backed the president's proposal despite earlier objection.
MPs will vote on Thursday in support of Uhuru's memorandum or reject it in wholesale.