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Fireworks are expected in the Senate if Speaker Amason Kingi approves a motion to discuss the utterances of Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua that ‘Kenya is a Limited Company’.

The motion drafted by Nairobi Senator and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) Secretary General Edwin Sifuna seeks to establish if Gachagua’s position is also the official government position.

It questions if the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) still reserve the right to collect taxes from all Kenyans if they are used to provide services to only sections of the population.

“Can the two offices confirm that the continued divisive politics of the DP are entrenched in the Kenya Kwanza DNA and Kenyans can therefore expect nothing better in the coming years?” posed Sifuna in his motion.

The Nairobi lawmaker questioned if the utterances of the DP should be considered fair if sections of Kenya marginalized by the official position of the regime proceed to create their own revenue collection authority in order to provide services in areas considered non-shareholders by the current Kenya Kwanza regime.

Sifuna argued Kenya is a sovereign state and a constitutional democracy in which the rights of citizens are guaranteed under the constitution and that the principles of equality and equity are enshrined in Article 27 of our constitution.

“Every person is equal before the law and has the right to equal protection and equal benefit of the law”. No election victory and loss can negate these principles. The right to make a choice at an election is itself a powerful tool of democracy that safeguards citizens against dictatorship and entrenched marginalization,” reads part of Sifuna’s motion. According to the promoter of the motion, the key objective of the KRA is to collect taxes from all eligible Kenyans as a way of availing the funds to run the state.