Busia Senator Okiya Omtata has now claimed that he has been offered up to Sh200 million to withdraw the Finance Act 2023 petition.
"Sometimes we get anonymous calls with people saying bullets are not over in Kenya but those are threats and unnecessary temptations," he said.
"We must overcome it. We do not have another country other than this one where you can be a citizen so let us not lose it."
He spoke during the People's Anti-Corruption Summit at Ufungamano House in Nairobi.
Omtatah said he has hopes of succeeding saying the Constitution was grossly violated.
"My efforts to continue fighting and standing for what I believe is right is not going to be deterred," Omtatah said.
Among the grounds on which Omtatah wants the Finance Act 2023 found incompatible with the supreme law is that the proposed amendment provides for a mandatory deduction of an employee's salary but it does not define who an employee is for purposes of benefitting from the levy.
"It is not clear, for example, if expatriates and persons temporarily working in the country will be subject to the levy considering they may not intend to set up residence in the country," he says.
On Monday, President William Ruto's administration suffered a huge blow that could stall all government plans 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.
