Sunday, January 21, 2024 – Outspoken Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) cleric, Reverend Sammy Wainaina, has continued with his criticism of the government by coining a new poem for President William Ruto.
Wainaina,
who currently serves as an Adviser on Anglican Communion Affairs in London,
United Kingdom, accused the government of overtaxing employees on
payslips.
Through
his social media pages, Wainaina lamented that the employees are singing
taxation as a new chorus after Ruto, who once identified himself as a hustler
(common mwananchi), turned his face away from the cries of Kenyans struggling
to make ends meet.
"The
new chorus employees are singing after a former peasant became a dynasty,"
the Reverend stated and penned his satirical poem.
Take
my payslip and let it be
Always thine to tax at will
Take my wallet and make it be
At the mercy of high price
Reverend
Wainaina claimed that the taxpayers had no other option but to surrender to
Ruto's hiked taxation which is part of his fiscal policies outlined to revive
the economy.
Last
year, the cleric who has served as a Vicar, Archdeacon, and Assistant Provost
before, criticized the government for holding prayer services rather than
delivering on its election promises.
His
recent satirical poem comes on the backdrop of Ruto stating that he was unbothered
by criticism on taxes.
While
inspecting Masinde Muliro Market in Kitale on Wednesday, the head of state
insisted that he would ensure his promise to create employment through the
Affordable Housing Scheme is achieved. Employees and employers each pay 1.5% of
the gross pay of the employee towards the scheme.
The
Kenyan DAILY POST
1 Comments
Useless pastor!
ReplyDeleteSuch poems come to pass by allowing this kipsigis table banking regime to take all your moneys by his abyss taxes.
You should as GOD to harvest him directly to abyss to apply his taxes at hell!