Insiders have compiled personal mobile numbers of several Members of Parliament (MPs) and shared them with the public in a push to reject the draconian Finance Bill 2024.
The Kenya Times did a fact check on some of the contacts and learnt that they were registered to the official names of the said MPs on the list.
Moreover, the list which contains accurate contacts of 36 members of parliament, was shared with Kenyans to influence them to send messages to the legislators and pressure them to reject the contentious bill.
Frustrated Kenyans sent messages to the MPs and called them throughout Wednesday, June 12 night, saying that they fear the Bill will be passed unanimously in parliament.
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Reject Finance Bill Campaign Against MPs
Mumias East MP Peter Salasya has lamented online saying that he was unable to sleep at night because of the many calls and messages from strangers that were coming in.
He pleaded with Kenyans to stop spamming him adding that some individuals were sending him Ksh1 to confirm if the contact was indeed his.
“Who has shared my number on X everybody across the nation is calling my number, texting me and WhatsApp Ing me. I can’t sleep the phone is vibrating throughout so that I reject finance bill tomorrow.
“They are sending me Ksh1 to confirm my identity. We are not voting tomorrow,” he said.
Earlier during a Citizen Tv interview, Political analyst Fanya Mambo Kinuthia asked Kenyans to treat every member of parliament who supports the bill or fails to speak against it as public enemy.
“At this stage, anybody who campaigns, anybody who does not decamping, anybody who will vote, abstain and refuse to vote for the Finance Bill is a public enemy,” Kinuthia said.
Meanwhile, a Reject Finance Bill 2024 hashtag is trending on X as more and more Kenyans join the spam campaign.
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Eric Omondi on Holding Strikes
Additionally, Comedian Eric Omondi said that if the bill is passed, he will lead Kenyans into taking action including holding protests.
“If the Finance Bill passes, it is not going to be business as usual. The government will not have a peaceful sleep at night. If they think it is going to be just yet another day that they pass another finance act, we are going to take action, we are going to go to the streets.
“When the Finance Bill 2024 passes, the government should not expect that it is going to be a free ride. We are petitioning the President of Kenya to travel 5 times a year until the economy of Kenya is stabilized,” he said.
Furthermore, he revealed that an MPs told him that the bill would be passed unanimously because the government had numbers in parliament.
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