- National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattan had tabled the proposals at parliament on April, 2022
- The prices of basic commodities were tagged for increase which started immediately
- It’s not clear, whether today’s parliamentary input will reduce the current prices or the previous ones
Kenyans are still asking one dollar million questions after the inflation of basic commodities
This is an afterthought of parliamentary committee today rejected proposals made by government to increase prices of the said commodities after months of feeling heat and wailing in dismay
According to documents seen by safinews.co.ke on Tuesday 24th, the National Assembly committee on budget recommended that the already further increase of prices will affect the citizen’s livelihoods
This comes on a back after public forums organized by the committee to collect public views on the same, after national treasury minister Ukur Yattani read the proposal budget last month
The report has rejected recommendations to hike prices of wheat flour, maize flour, cassava flour and motor bikes
Products such as ice cream, yoghurt, biscuits and advertisements have also been relieved from the hiking proposals
However products such as cigarette, cosmetics, gas, gambling, beer have seen an increase of 7.5 percent from the previous value added tax to maximum of twenty percent
All these, recommendations are waiting parliamentary approval