Jimi Wanjigi calls for tax revolution

Businessman Jimi Wanjigi now says that another civil action on revolution against taxation is yet to be formed to cripple Kenya Kwanza's administration.

 In an interview on Monday on Spice FM, Wanjigi said the public has resolved to remove President William Ruto from power.

“It’s not enough to say that Ruto must go, what is going to bring change is action must happen. We will soon be proposing a tax revolution, stop paying tax, stop feeding this person you want to exit our lives,” Wanjigi said.

The Safina Party member stated that the country is already in a revolutionary mode calling on the public to open a new political direction for the future generation.

He said the social contract between the government and the people had been broken because of the leaders' actions.

Wanjigi cited the nullification and lifting of the Finance Bill 2024 by the high court.

 “The government itself has caused disobedience to us. Why are the revenue estimates not in the appropriation bill? The Supreme Court has misinterpreted the constitution, it means that tax revenue does not form part of the budget,” he argued.

The businessman questioned how the taxes collected by the government benefit the public.

“Our expenditures in the past 10 years were Sh14.6 trillion without debt payment,  income from tax revenue was Sh13.6 trillion but we went ahead and borrowed Sh7 trillion by 2023.

This year we are paying Sh1.855 trillion debt which we don't know what we are paying for,” he asked.

He listed four pillars that President Ruto banked on for his successful election that have since faded away.

“ William Ruto had four pillars to his regime; the church, people, and parliamentarians, he had a narrative that he would market to people and a lady called Megg Whitman who decided she was going to fly his flag no matter how high,” he said.

He said that the public is fed up with the political class who have seemingly focused on personal interest instead of representing the public.

He criticized the president for enticing the public with false promises, like the hustler narrative, which he has failed to fulfil hence calling on the public to take action to end the regime.