This part. There are no saviors. It's us or us. No shortcut. and it's scary as hell to me (probably for many of us) because of everything we are living through...but its imperative we all come to terms with the reality that we all must show up in whatever ways we can. MANDATORY.
BREAKING: Here is the message from the National Assembly Speaker, Moses Wetangula.
"Members, before we rise, like we directed you this morning, we hope by 3.30pm the mover of the Finance Bill 2024 will be called to reply. Make sure you have your electronic cards for voting."
"I'm told the Clerk had already circulated information so that we can be able to spend less time on voting and do other business."
"It matters not whether the voting will be by roll-call or electronic card, even that electronic voting is not a secret vote, because it appears on the screen, it will be on Hansard, and everybody will know how you voted."
"So it matters not whether you're saying YES on the floor or NO on the floor, an electronic vote, for purposes of the House, is not a secret vote. Order Honourable Members, will you be upstanding."
One more hour to go before the voting begins.
They will not believe.
They will not believe.
BREAKING.
You should see the frictional body language between Ruto and Rigathi at State House Nairobi, but here is Finance and Planning Committee Chair Kimani Kuria pleading with Kenyans not to step on the gas pedal because they've been heard and the following changes have been made to the Finance Bill 2024.
1. The proposed 16% VAT on bread has been dropped.
2. Increase in taxation on mobile phone transfers has been dropped. Also, no additional taxes on bank transfers.
3. All locally manufactured items, incl diapers and sanitary pads, will not be subject to the Eco Levy.
4. Turnover Tax: VAT threshold to be increased from 5m to 8m. SMEs that have a turnover of less than 8m will not be required to register for VAT.
5. eTIMS: Businesses with a turnover of below 1m, incl small scale avocado farmers, will be exempted from eTIMS registration.
6. Local farmers: Excise duty will only be levied on imported table eggs, imported onions, and imported potatoes.
7. Alcohol: They're now changing it from a volume-based taxation to alcohol content - based taxation. Alcohol manufacturers producing alcohol with very high alcohol content will be required to pay higher duty based on alcohol content.
8. Pension: They're now increasing the amount allowable for tax exemption for pension contributions, from 20,000 to 30,000 per month.
9. JSS Teachers: All the 46,000 JSS teachers will be hired on permanent and pensionable terms, in addition to recruiting another 20,000.
10. Motor Vehicle Tax: Has also been dropped.
11. Sugarcane farmers: VAT on transporting sugarcane from the farms to the milling factories, has also been dropped.
Let no one ever lie to you that online activism does not make power barons quake in their boots.
Class, does the pressure increases or decreases?
Very inspiring meeting with The Kenya Coalition on #Youth#Peace and #Security. We want to congratulate @YPSinKenya in their efforts to take the #UNSCR2250 agenda forward for the benefit of #Kenya and its youth. What a great way to start a Friday!👏
📍We had an amazing morning sharing the coalition work with @FinnishEmbNBO Deputy high commissioner to find areas of collaboration learning and exchange in the #youth4peace agenda.
Thank you for hosting us!
Only stay in relationships that are kind to you. You can never love someone into treating you with dignity. You can never wait enough until they change. All of us are flawed either from childhood wounds or past hurts, but it is never a license to harm our partners (repeatedly).
Not wanting kids because you know you’re selfish and too emotionally absent to care for them is not the villain y’all make it out to be. That’s one less child that would have to experience neglect. That’s one less kid in the foster system or one less abused kid