• Aukot said the politics, especially by people who are after the country's top leadership is usually a business for these individuals.
• The Thirdway Alliance leader said those in charge are never after benefiting citizens but themselves.
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Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot now says that Kenyan politics has never been about transforming the country.
Speaking on Friday, Aukot said the politics, especially by people who are after the country's top leadership is usually a business for the individuals.
He went on to claim that it now seems like economic recolonisation is becoming a norm in Kenya and it is aided by those in leadership.
The Thirdway Alliance leader said those in charge are never after benefiting citizens but themselves.
"Kenya's politics, especially by our top leadership, is one commercial and business enterprise. It's never about transforming the country for the benefit of the nationals. Economic re-colonisation is back with full force, and it's aided from within. Woe unto us!" Aukot said on X.
He was reacting to reports that some foreign-owned firms operating in Kenya are already enjoying tax cuts, following a directive by President William Ruto last year.
According to Business Daily, the two companies reported tax benefits.
This was as a result of the Finance Act, 2023 move to reduce Corporate tax paid by foreign companies operating in Kenya from 37.5 per cent to 30 per cent. This is the same rate as tax paid by local companies.
Many Kenyans have been complaining about increased taxes and levies by the Kenya Kwanza administration as a result of the Finance Act, of 2023.
In November 2023, Aukot alleged that the heavy taxation by President William Ruto's administration is making Kenyans poorer than they were.
He said the high taxation is killing enterprises and forcing businesses to close down.
He claimed that this is also causing anger among Kenyan citizens.
"Raising heavy taxes is wrong. It is killing enterprises, making Kenyans poor, collapsing businesses, and generating stress and anger among Kenyans," Aukot said.
He noted that because of this, basic irreducible minimum principles are missing in the country's governance.
He also insisted that it exposes the many faults in Kenya's economic governance.