President William Ruto's Wednesday memo declining to assent to the contentious Finance Bill, 2024 meant that the Bill no longer exists, constitutional lawyer, Dr Ekuru Aukot has said. This is despite National Assembly Moses Wetangula committing the memo to the Departmental Committee on Finance to consider the President’s reservations and recommendations. Reacting to Wetangula’s decision to commit the memo to the committee led by Molo Member Parliament Kuria Kimani Aukot told the Star there is no Bill because the President deleted it entirely. "As we speak we don’t have a Bill because the President has said in his memoranda 'delete the entire Bill' so we don’t have a bill as we speak, there is no Finance Bill. MPs are currently on recess and are expected to resume sittings on 23rd July, 2024.
