National Assembly Minority leader Opiyo Wandayi has criticised the Madaraka Day speech delivered by President William Ruto.
In a tweet, Wandayi said he watched the President with disappointment and sadness.
"His speech did not explain why he's using the Finance Bill 2023 to milk starving Kenyans to death," he said.
Wanday accused Ruto of remaining deaf on the plights of the people of the country on matters of the high cost of living.
"He remains tone-deaf on the plight of Wanjiku, preferring to live in an echo chamber where he listens to his voice. Mene, mene, tekel, parsin," Wandayi tweeted.
Ruto, however, said the high cost of living being experienced in the country is keeping all leaders awake, including himself.
He said that he was satisfied with the debate being generated by the Finance Bill.
The President said the bill has changed the national discourse in the country from the political and ethical discussion that had been witnessed in the country in the recent past.
“There is a robust debate on the Finance Bill taking place everywhere in this country, churches, social places formal and informal workplaces, all media platforms and busy as well as in urban and rural gathering,” Ruto said.
“For weeks now the debate has remained issue-oriented and there is no hint of divisive ethnic rhetoric at all.”
