Kitutu Chache South MP Anthony Kibagendi has claimed that the Kenya Kwanza government does not have the people’s interests at heart.
Speaking on Monday at K24, Kibagendi alleged the Kenya Kwanza government and those supporting the constant moves to increase taxes, only want to benefit themselves.
"This regime does not care where this country is going, it does not care especially for the people who are down there, its focus is how they will benefit themselves," Kibagendi said.
Kibagendi also alleged that some leaders are aiming at hoodwinking Kenyans and exploiting them despite giving promises that they would lower the cost of living.
He said that the government had betrayed the citizens who entrusted them with the responsibility of bringing change.
The Kitutu Chache South legislature called on the media to hold the regime into account based on what they promised during their campaigns by displaying clips and videos of what some of the leaders said.
Kenyans have been experiencing high cost of living in the last five years despite muted income.
The Kenya Economic Report 2023 dubbed 'Cost of Living and the Role of Markets' by the Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (Kippra) shows the consumer price index (CPI) hit 7.7 per cent, the highest since 2018.
It is highest compared to 6.1 per cent in 2021, 5.4 per cent in 2020, 5.2 per cent in 2019, 4.7 per cent in 2018 and 8.1 per cent in 2017, breaching the maximum government target band of 7.5 per cent.
"Headline inflation, which measures the overall change in the consumer price index (CPI), reached its highest level in five years in 2022, primarily due to high food prices and potential pass-through from fuel prices,'' the report reads.
Inflation spiked at 9.6 per cent in October 2022 compared to 6.5 per cent in October 2021 but decelerated slightly to 9.5 per cent in November 2022 against 5.8 per cent in November 2021 and further to 9.1 per cent in December 2022 compared to 5.7 per cent in the same period in 2021.
