A UDA MP (Member of Parliament) has revealed why she doesn’t support most of the government policies even after being elected on a UDA ticket.
Gathoni Wamuchomba, the Githunguri MP has come out to explain why she doesn’t support the government despite being elected on the UDA ticket.
According to her, the government of the day, which she is supposed to support is insensitive of the plight of voters in their policy proposals and implementations.
Speaking during an interview with KTN News on Thursday night, the vocal MP said that she has no apologies to make for going against some of Kenya Kwanza’s policies.
According to Wamuchomba, her upbringing and the need to give back to society are part of the reasons why she can not sit back when punitive policies are being pushed down the throat of Kenyans.
“They only see us on screens and they don’t understand the other burdens that we carry. I have very special burdens that I carry based on where I have come from.”
The MP first hit the news when she went against the Finance Bill, 2023 when all the UDA and government allied MPs were in support of the document. She joined the opposition to claim that the bill was punitive with heavy taxes on Kenyans.
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“When the Finance Bill came and I read it through, I felt that the Kenya Kwanza government was insensitive to the needs of the people that supported him, people who had my story, resonated with my story and gave me votes.”
“I decided to say no to certain things and one of the things that I felt I needed to stand up was the issue of the fuel levy. Having been in the previous 12th Parliament I know what eight per cent did to us, forget about the 16 per cent.”