Jubilee ignores CORD walkout to pass new taxes on juice, cigarettes and motorcycles

Opposition MPs lawmakers yesterday walked out of the National Assembly to paralyse the approval of President Uhuru Kenyatta's memorandum on the Excise Duty Bill, 2015. But the walkout did not stop the Jubilee lawmakers from approving the memorandum which passed with just a simple majority.

A section of CORD and Jubilee MPs led by Minority leader Francis Nyenze addresses a press conference at Parliament on Wednesday 28/10/15 on the President's Excise Duty Bill. (PHOTO: BONIFACE OKENDO/ STANDARD)

The Opposition lawmakers complained that the Sh10 tax per litre of fruit juices will make the commodity too expensive for the poor in the country to whom juice is already a luxury.