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Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria at a past event. [Photo/standardmedia.co.ke]
South Gatundu MP Moses Kuria attacked Chief Justice David Maraga after protesting the reduction of budget allocations to the judiciary for the current fiscal year.
Maraga expressed his dissatisfaction with the Treasury's decision to cut the budget by half saying that the 14.5 billion Sh allocated would not be enough.
The CJ further warned that most of the projects undertaken by the judiciary would be paralyzed
"We do not know what to do.With the current allocation, this means that a number of projects, particularly on construction across the country, will stop literally, affecting the delivery of services, "said the CJ
remarks accusing the courts of frustrating the efforts of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) aiming to collect more revenue from defaulting debtors.
"The Judiciary harvesting power where he sowed, he expelled his efforts by the Kenya Revenue Authority to collect taxes on several occasions, so where they waited for the funds" said the voice deputy.
He cited the many cases in which the courts have dealt KRA with plans to expand the tax net, giving an example of the recent case where a High Court in Nairobi temporarily suspended new rules in the courts. rope in the manufacturers of soft drinks and cosmetics.
However, Vice President William Ruto promised that concerns raised by Maraga regarding the cut budget would be addressed.
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