I voted yes because Ruto gave me Ksh600M for construction of roads – Navakholo MP justifies his stand on Finance Bill 2024

Navakholo Member of Parliament (MP) Emmanuel Wangwe has justified why he voted yes to the controversial Finance Bill 2024.

Addressing a section of residents, the MP stated that his vote was in favour of his constituents so that they do not miss goods allocated in the controversial budget.

He particularly pointed out that President William Ruto had allocated Ksh600 million to his constituency for developmental projects such as the construction of roads in the region.

"The president went overseas akatafuta dollar, na kwa hio dollar akatupatia hela kidogo, na hio hela kidogo ata akigawia watu wengine wenye wamempigia kura hawakosi. He gave me Ksh600 million, kutoka kwa hio pesa, tumeeka kwa hii barabara yetu tumeadvertise contractor, we want to make sure our road from Lurambi iende mpaka hapo Navakholo iekwe lami, so anyone mwenye anauliza kwa nini nilipigia hio yes, aambiwe that is the reason," he said.

The MP also justified that he voted yes to the bill because Ruto had waived the 16 per cent cost on sugarcane transportation for farmers causing a significant relief in the cost of transportation and heightening profit.

He also explained that he agreed to the bill on behalf of the 120,000 Junior Secondary School (JSS) teachers within his constituency, to help curb unemployment in his region.

"Wakati serikali ilikua imetoa budget yao ya kwanza they had put 16 per cent, kutoza mkulima wa miwa, kubeba miwa from the land mpaka kwa factory, he removed the 16 per cent from the transportation ya miwa from the factory, ukifanya estimate, if you were to earn Ksh50,000 on transport ungelipa pesa ngapi iwapo you were to be charged 16 per cent," he stated.

"I say since imekua waived wacha nipige yes. I have 120,000 Junior Secondary School teachers hapa Navakholo, hao ni watoto wa Navakholo and if I said no a hio finance bill ianguke, hao watoto hawangeandikwa, Ruto angetoa aeke kando aseme tuliorganise budget. Budget ya Kenya ni 4 trillion, what is it that will come to Navakholo?" the MP posed.

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