Former Freedom Fighters To Present Petition On Finance Bill During Parliamentary Committee Session In Kitale
James Njuguna Mahuria addressing MMWVA and descendants in Kitale town last week. Photo/Courtesy.
By MKT Correspondent
Former freedom fighters and their descendants will be presenting a petition on next financial year’s Finance Bill next week.
The members of Mau Mau War Veterans Association (MMWVA) will be meeting in Kitale town, Trans Nzoia county, on Monday, where they will make their presentation.
Kitale is one of the ten towns where the Parliamentary Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning has scheduled to meet the public to hear and receive memorandums on the 2025/26 Finance Bill.
Other areas; Nairobi, Nandi, Busia, Migori, Machakos, Kiambu, Kwale, Mombasa and Kilifi.
According to a notice published in the dailies yesterday by the Clerk to the National Assembly Samuel Njoroge, the public engagements will start on Saturday and ends on Friday next week.
Last evening, MMWVA Director General James Njuguna Mahuria, they are expecting hundreds of the former freedom fighters and their descendants to meet in Kitale and move to the meeting venue where they will present their petition.
Although he did not disclose the content of their petition, Mahuria said it will be addressing various issues affecting their association members and Kenyans in general.
The National Assembly notice stayed that the bill is seeking among other things; amend acts such as, Income Tax, VAT, Excise Duty, Tax Procedures and Miscellaneous Fees and Levies as proposed by the committee.
Further, the public is also expected to address the issues of Virtual Asset Providers bill which the government is seeking to regulate.
The presentations will coincide with their earlier planned nine-day nationwide campaign to push for their compensation from the British government.
It will also take place as Kenyans mark this year’s Madaraka day.
The campaign will be running from June 1 to June 9 across the country with Trans Nzoia, West Pokot, Nyeri, and Homa Bay counties serving as the focal points of the campaign.
According to Mahuria, the event will be hosted by the World Anthropological Union and the Mau Mau Veterans Association.
Saying that the events are expected to come out with a compensation lasting solution, Mahuria expressed his regret that, despite their significant contributions to the country’s independence, surviving former freedom fighters and their descendants continue to live in severe poverty.
He noted that his association has worked tirelessly to unite various groups to advocate for rightful compensation saying it was their hope that the issue will soon be resolved, once and for all.
According to posters being circulated to the public, the campaign whose theme is, “Your Voice Matters! Participate In Shaping Your Future” will also be carried in conjunction with the Kingdom Bank.
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