Wetang’ula moves to Supreme Court over Housing levy ruling

Wetang’ula moves to Supreme Court over Housing levy ruling

Wetang’ula moves to Supreme Court over Housing levy ruling

Moses Wetang’ula, the speaker of the National Assembly, has appealed the Housing Levy to the Supreme Court.A notice of appeal was filed by the Speaker.The National Assembly and its Speaker, Moses Wetang’ula, announced in the notice that they will be filing an appeal against the entire decision made on January 26 by Justices Lydia Achode, John Mativo, and Mwaniki Gachoka.

“The national assembly and the speaker of national assembly being dissatisfied with the decision of the court of appeal intend to appeal to the Supreme Court against the whole ruling,” the notice states.

On January 26, the government suffered a major setback after the Court of Appeal declined to suspend orders barring the state from deducting housing levy from Kenyans.The housing levy therefore remained suspended as declared by the High Court. 

The appellate Judges said if they affirm the constitutional invalidity of the challenged laws, then some far-reaching decisions that would have been undertaken may not be reversed.They said it is in the public interest that the appeals first be heard.

The joint committees of Finance and Housing of the National Assembly have concluded the exercise of collecting views from the public on the controversial Affordable Housing Bill, 2023.

The two committees are set to hold a session with the Ministry of Housing on Wednesday to harmonise the views before retreating to draft their final report that will be debated in Parliament.

Being the 12th and last public participation exercise by the joint committees, Tuesday’s session was dominated by conversation revolving around alternative ways the government can raise money for the project without burdening an already heavily taxed population.