Azimio MPs Walk Out as Treasury CS Presents Ruto’s First Budget
Azimio la Umoja Members of Parliament, on Thursday, June 15, walked out of the chambers minutes after Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u began presenting the 2023/24 Budget.
In a display of protest, the legislators expressed their disapproval by jeering at the Cabinet Secretary (CS) and chanting songs, subsequently convening a separate press conference outside.
In their press briefing, the Azimio legislators lamented that the budget would oppress Kenyans due to what they described as Ruto’s punitive tax measures.
“We cannot allow a budget that is going to hurt an overwhelming majority of Kenyans. We know that Rome was not built in a day, but we cannot accept this,” Likoni MP Mishi Mboko complained.
“Azimio does not believe in this budget. That is why we have walked out. It is not meant for the Kenyan people but for the Kenya Kwanza government. Until we get a budget premised on the Kenyan people, we will not participate,” Suna East MP Junet Mohamed echoed.
