On Thursday night,ANC founder and 2022 presidential candidate Musalia Mudavadi held a meeting with business community mainly from Mount Kenya in Thika.
The intrigues of the meeting has angered state house operatives who think Musalia was on vote hunting mission despite Uhuru warning of early campaign.
Musalia was accompanied by the former Gatanga MP Roho Safi and several dignitaries.
Former Gatanga MP Humphrey Njuguna raised alarm on the spiraling public debt and borrowing, which are hurting the economy
.“We support the fight against corruption but also call the government to put in place measures that can detect and stop the stealing. They should not wait for people to steal,” Njuguna said.
The former deputy premier wondered why the Jubilee administration had to wait for business people to buy, ferry and pay taxes before impounding their items.
“The high rate at which we are forcibly being taxed amounts to extortion. The economy should be driven by minimal taxation, good leadership and transparency. We can’t have a government heavily relying on taxes to run its activities at the time corruption is rampant,” Mudavadi said.
He added that what business people wanted was a government that guaranteed them of a conducive business environment unlike today where security agencies capitalised on the fight against counterfeits to extort them and cripple their businesses.
The business community cried over favourism of foreigners like Chinese while no one mind about Kenyans
The traders, who included exporters, retailers, manufacturers, transporters, micro finance operators, Sacco leaders and property owners, wondered how the government expected to grow its economy and create more employment opportunities if most of its people were being pushed out of business.