Azimio La Umoja leadership has revealed different tactics that they will implement to ensure that President Ruto’s Finance Bill 2024 doesn’t pass through parliament.
According to Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi, has said that events that happened during the Finance Bill 2023 that saw most Azimio MPs miss out during voting session will not happen in the 2024 Finance Bill voting.
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The plans which include convincing Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua’s allied MPs to vote against the bill, will also see Azimio using the courts as well as on the streets to disrupt Ruto’s plan.
Opposition MPs have revealed that they will on the same day convene in Parliament buildings to deliberate on the contents of the bill as tabled by the Finance Committee.
“The meeting at Mini Chamber at County Hall on Tuesday, 18th June 2024, at 5pm shall deliberate on the Finance Bill 2024 and chart the strategic way forward. Physical attendance is mandatory. Thank you.”
Azimio has instructed all its MPs to ensure they turn up 100 per cent during the debate and voting on this bill. This includes not to undertake foreign trips next week and ensure even those who are sick are taken to vote against this bill.
Reports indicate that Azimio is also reaching out to Gachagua allied MPs amid speculations of a fallout between their boss and Ruto in a bid to flex their muscle towards President Ruto.
Some Mt Kenya MPs have vowed to vote against the bill including Nakuru MP Samuel Arama who will join Azimio MPs to vote against the controversial punitive bill.
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If the bill passes through parliament, the courts will come into play after before they resolve to hit the streets if the above options fail.