Bomet Central MP Ronald Tonui, on Monday, exposed how President Uhuru Kenyatta and his State House cartels allegedly bribed MPs in order to have the 1.5% housing levy passed.
Tonui claimed that some MPs were bribed to sneak the levy into the Finance Bill since it did not pass through their caucus as normal Government projects do.
He disclosed that a majority of MPs had been opposed to the entire scheme where a section of Kenyans’ salaries will be slashed in order to finance the Government’s housing project.
According to the MP, who is allied to Deputy President William Ruto, State House operatives orchestrated the failure of the voting system on the D-day after sneaking the levy, something that had never happened before.
“Most MPs were and are still opposed to this plan by the Government to deduct salaries to facilitate the construction of the affordable houses.”
“We rejected it and our number was even higher but it is unfortunate some individuals tampered with the voting systems giving way for the manual system and that is where we were defeated,” said Tonui.