Governance and political analyst Kipruto Arap Kirwa has opined that the Kenya Kwanza administration is gambling with power and they might not get to rule for two terms.
Kirwa spoke on Wednesday during an interview with K24.
He said if the Kenya Kwanza regime does not achieve many of the promises they made during the rallies in the run-up to the 2022 elections, Kenyans might not vote for them in 2027.
"Kenya Kwanza is not a listening administration. They believe they know what they are doing and they are risking losing out on re-election. On the basis that if the gambles they are undertaking today are not going to yield fruits within the shortest time possible, by 2027, Kenyans will find it unbearable," Kirwa said.
Kirwa said the cost of living is already unbearable yet the proposed Finance Bill 2023 was going to cause more pain if it is adopted.
He described the proposed Housing Fund levy, which is part of the proposed Finance Bill, as just "a polite way of stealing money from people's pockets".
However, he said he is not in support of Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi's idea to do away with the entire Finance Bill.
"We must subject it to a process that is existing. We have not reached the stage where we give an alternative budget as the opposition," Kirwa said.
He said as the Finance Bill goes through public participation, the opinions of Kenyans will be very beneficial in enriching the Bill.
Kirwa thus urged the Kenya Kwanza regime to listen to what Kenyans have to say about the proposed bill.
