Govt told to take public participation seriously on the new finance Bill

 

NCCK Nyanza Regional Chairperson Bishop Dr. John Haung Godia address the press in Kisumu where he urged the Govt to take the process of public participation seriously on the issue of Finance Bill 2024-Photo Courtesy

By Dickson Odhiambo

 

June 12,2024

 

Govt told to take public participation seriously on the new finance Bill

 

THE Kenya Kwanza Government has been told to  take the process of public Participation seriously on the issue of the Finance Bill 2024.

 

The National Council of Churches in Kenya{NCCK} says they commend the Finance and Budget Committee members of the national assembly for the extensive public participation on the Finance Bill 2024.

 

Addressing the press in Kisumu Nyanza regional NCCK Chairperson Bishop Dr John Haung Godia said there is need for the committee to take views  that members of public gave seriously.

 

Godia says the position of the NCCK remains that the finance bill 2024 should be one that inspires hopes to Kenyans and not one that brings frustrations and dispair by increasing taxes

 

“Let us all join hands and build a financial and economic dispensation that encourages and enables citizens to engage in dignified livelihoods.

 

Bishop Godia at the same time urged political leaders not to utter statements that confuse Kenyans.

 

“Let the issue of one man, one shilling, one vote be subjected to the people’s input and a formula that favours Kenyans all over the country be come up with without other counties or regions feeling more advantaged than others,” Bishop Godia says.

 

He says Kenyans needs a formula that balances resource sharing in Kenya in a way there is equity and equality.