Belgut MP Nelson Koech has said that President William Ruto is walking the talk of his manifesto on the Affordable Housing Fund.
Speaking on Monday, he said that the Affordable Housing Fund is an economic bond that will change people’s lives, expand the tax base, boost the economy and create employment.
“Affordable Housing globally is anchored in the Constitution. This is the government that has walked his manifesto to provide housing to those people who don’t have,” he said during an interview on Citizen TV.
“It is an economic bond. It will change the lives of so many young people to get into development.”
He said that the court’s view was discriminatory because the amendments of 1.5 per cent of gross salary were ruled out for the employed which then included the unemployed.
“What we had before was the amendment of Employment Act 2007 hence the coming of the Affordable Housing to care for all the inconsistencies.”
President William Ruto’s troops on Wednesday, January 21 railroaded their Azimio counterparts to pass the law anchoring the contentious housing levy.
The Bill will now move to the Senate for speedy approval at the various stages.
This was part of efforts to expedite the proposed law to anchor the housing levy which was nullified by courts.
In a move that hands no reprieve to employees and employers, Kenya Kwanza planned to accelerate the approval as directed by the President at the retreat in Naivasha.
The Star established that the grand plan is for the law to be in place within the current financial year.
An appellate court on January 26 rejected the government’s bid to continue collecting the levy under the tax law.
However, the speed at which the legislation is being executed has unsettled those against the levy.
Opposition lawmakers staged a walkout during the consideration of further amendments to the Bill in plenary.
The Raila Odinga’s troops accused Speaker Moses Wetangula of dictating them on how to prosecute the Bill.
The Azimio compatriots stormed out of the chamber after their amendments were not considered.
