Lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi now says that the reason most Kenyans were against President William Ruto's proposed Finance Bill, 2023 is not that it is that bad.

He said despite it having heavy taxation, the resistance was more fundamental because the President has failed to deliver on most of what he promised.

"The resistance to the Finance Bill, the punitive taxation it embodies and the Bolshevik-like ideas of Soviet housing it embraces wasn't because all these are perse bad ideas or Ruto's government is out of touch with the needs of the hustler. The resistance was more fundamental," Ahmednasir said. 

Among the reasons he noted, is that the country has maintained the status quo, despite Ruto having heavily campaigned against it.

Ahmednasir added that since Ruto took the reigns, even hope as populist propaganda isn't given any more. 

"The resistance was because Ruto (a) has refused to address the emptying of public coffers by the Uhuru administration (b) Ruto has not implemented one single reform, especially in the justice and law and order (c) The state of the country is same as he vigorously campaigned against (d) decay and decomposition of important institutions like the judiciary isn't addressed," he said.

"(e) Parliament is no longer the "people's representative." No meaningful debate, oversight, or legislation is going there."

During campaigns, President Ruto, then deputy president, promised to fix the bad state of the economy, which he highly blamed on retired President Uhuru Kenyatta and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

He promised reforms in the Justice administration system and independent Parliament.

The President's party has a majority in the National Assembly and the Senate. 

On Wednesday, Kenya Kwanza MPs passed the proposed Finance Bill, 2023 during its second reading. They voted 176 against the opposition's 81 votes. By Brian Oruta, The Star