Kwame Owino caught the attention of Kenyans on Wednesday, July 7 as he took on Housing PS Charles Hinga and Trade and Investments Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria in a Citizen TV debate on the proposed Housing Levy and Finance Bill. Owino poked holes into the State’s defence of the bill that has elicited widespread discontent and frustration over the proposed increases of several taxes and levies, with the 3% housing levy a thorny issue in particular. You are lying to us,” he told Hinga, questioning the logic behind the proposed Housing Levy and poking holes in what he described as the Kenya Kwanza administration’s “obsession with funds”. READ>Inside Family Feud Rocking Naivas Empire“We seek to promote pluralism of ideas through open, active and informed debate on public policy issues. IEA was co-founded by David Ndii, President William Ruto’s top economic advisor, to influence public policy in 1994 when Ndii was just 26 years old.

Source: Daily Nation June 08, 2023 16:15 UTC