Economic sabotage: Cherargei reacts to Court ruling on Finance Act

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has said the decline by courts to lift the suspension of the Finance Act 2023 is economic sabotage.

"This is because it means the government cannot raise taxes and get revenue to run government operations including the functionality of Judiciary," Cherargei said in a statement.

President William Ruto's administration on Monday suffered a huge blow after the High Court declined to lift orders staying the implementation of the Finance Act.

The court decision means the Finance Act 2023, which was assented to by the President on June 26 remains an impotent law.

The UDA Senator further attacked the judiciary by saying it is clueless.

He said that the third arm of the government looks like it is living in utopia, very incompetent and insensitive.

With the suspension of the Finance Act 2023, Cherargei said that the Judiciary risk lacking funds due to the suspension of the Finance Act.

"I don't know where Judiciary shall get the funds to facilitate their operations plus salary including buying Sh44 million car for CJ Koome!" he added.

The government had hoped to raise more revenues to fund its Sh3.6 trillion budget but the new tax measures may not be realised after High Court judge Mugure Thande declined to lift her orders that suspended the implementation of the new taxes.

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah and six other petitioners including the Law Society of Kenya had moved to court to have the new law declared unconstitutional arguing that the Finance Act 2023 was illegal as the bill did not pass through the Senate as envisioned by the law.