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Tuesday is last chance for MPs to save face on unpopular tax plans

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Kenya Kwanza PG held at State House, Nairobi. [PCS]

This is a make-or-break week as as Parliament resumes on Tuesday, with legislators scheduled to consider amendments to the controversial Finance Bill 2024, which has put the country on the edge.

This follows last Thursday's proceedings where a majority of Members of the National Assembly voted for the advancement of the Bill to the committee of the whole House to the chagrin of an outraged public, which has been calling for the rejection of the Bill in its entirety.

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