Former Mukurweini MP Kabando wa Kabando has reiterated that the proposed mandatory housing levy poses a grave threat to President William Ruto's reign.
Kabando said if Ruto does not drop the proposal and MPs pass it in Parliament, it poses a "sure" risk leading to his early retirement.
"A sure upcoming defeat for Ruto is the fall of housing levy scam. If Ruto doesn't drop it or stooge MPs pass it, courts will strike it out," he tweeted on Saturday.
The Housing Fund has proven to be a hot potatoe for the government to swallow as most Kenyans continue to express reservation over its viability.
Kabando said in the event the proposal gets the legal backing on the floor of the House, Kenyans will likely gang up to oppose it.
"In the highly unlikely case the courts fail to block it, then Kenyans will for once be united in a #TaxSpring that'll retire Ruto to Sugoi."
Sugoi is the President's rural home in Uasin Gishu County.
Amendments in the Finance Bill 2023 have proposed a mandatory three per cent monthly contribution by salaried employees towards the affordable housing project with the employer making a similar contribution.
The proposal has evoked harsh criticism from a section of political leaders, union leaders and Kenyans at large.
Noting this, Kabando said the public was getting angrier at what he termed as "insensitivity" and/or " incompetence" of the Kenya Kwanza administration over the issue.
He added that indications show that the levy has no majority support in Parliament.
"In public hearings prescribed by our Constitution, a majority of expert stakeholders' petitions to Parliament on the potentially scandalous Housing Fund to are against it," he said.
"Except for stooge, cowardly, or bribed MPs, there is literary nobody else in sight to support! #TaxSpring."
On Wednesday, Housing PS Charles Hinga gave a briefing in a move to demystify misinformation in the public in relation to the proposed housing levy.
Despite this, the proposal has continued to receive backlash from Kenyans.
