Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah is back to the hig court to force a stop to the sale state corporations lined up for privatisation by the government.
The government announced on Monday a plan to have eleven state corporations to be sold to become private entities. This is among them KICC and Kenya Pipeline.
Omtatah now claims that the sale of state corporations has been forced on Kenya government by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This has forced President William Ruto to list the state corporations for sell.
“We will oppose the programme the International Monetary Fund has endorsed for the government to sell at least 10 public corporations, including KICC, to private entities.”
This comes after the Busia Senator went to court to challenge the legality of the Housing Levy fund and the Finance Act 2023 in general. The court determined the case in favour of Omtatah and Kenyans in general. It termed the act illegal and should not be imposed on Kenyans. Read: High Court Nullifies Collection Of The Housing Levy Fund
The sale of state corporations have been the talk of netizens this week with most kenyans opposing the idea. This is because most of these corporations are known to be the Kenyan identity and should not in any way be privatised.
Robert Alai, the Kileleshwa MCA who doubles up as a blogger wanted to know if after privatisation of KICC, we shall design our currency to do away with a private KICC on them. This shows how deep the cut will go if the government successfully implements the privatisation programme.
According to Omtatah, the programme is illegal and should be stopped for the respwct of Kenya’s sovereignty.
Among the proposed state corporations to be sold include: KICC, Kenya Literature Bureau, National Oil Corporation, Kenya Seed Company Limited, Mwea Rice Mills, Western Kenya Rice Mills Limited, Kenya Pipeline Company, New Kenya Cooperative Creameries, Kenya Vehicle Manufacturers Limited, Rivatex East Africa Limited and Numerical Machining Complex