Former Mandera Senator Billow Kerrow has expressed disappointment with President Uhuru Kenyatta's management of the economy.
This follows failure of the government to raise the minimum wage as expected during the Labour Day celebrations on Wednesday.
Kerrow wondered why Uhuru's administration could not seek to improve the welfare of the lowest paid workers, yet it had announced impressive economic growth recently.
"The government happily announces an economic growth of 6.3% but a week later could not announce a minimum wage rise. What a farce! It was a growth not shared by other players in the economy...no jobs, no wage increases," tweeted the former lawmaker.
Cabinet Secretary in charge of National Treasury and Planning Henry Rotich last week reported the economy grew by 6.3 percent in 2018 from the 4.7 percent growth recorded in the previous year.
Expressing similar sentiments, Emuhaya MP Omboko Milemba observed there was a problem in the way the economy was being run, noting the cost of living was extremely high.
Milemba, the national chairman of the Kenya Union of Post Primary Teachers (KUPPET), for instance took issue with the proposed housing levy, saying it will lead to job cuts and reduce the purchasing power of the workers.
"We have too many deductions on the payslip of workers which are actually consuming our money. As workers, therefore, we shall not be supporting the housing levy but we shall be supporting the pay increase of 15%," he said in an exclusive interview on Citizen TV.