DAILY POST: Blow to UHURU as court stops one his Big Four Agenda items thanks to brother FRANCIS ATWOLI

DAILY POST: Blow to UHURU as court stops one his Big Four Agenda items thanks to brother FRANCIS ATWOLI - We were being scammed in broad daylight News 06:13 Wednesday December 19, 2018 - President Uhuru Kenyatta has been dealt a severe blow in his plans to leave a rich legacy when he retires from politics in 2022. This is after a court, on Wednesday, halted his housing plan under the Big Four Agenda. In its directive, the Employment and Labour Relations Court temporarily suspended the implementation of the 1.5% housing tax for salaried workers. The directive that will take effect until January 21^st, 2019 followed an application by the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU). In its argument, COTU, which is led by Francis Atwoli, said the implementation of the levy was unconstitutional and amounts to double taxation. COTU further argued that levying the housing tax on the basic salary of employees will have far-reaching implications on the right to fair remuneration. "The petitioner is aggrieved that it’s unconstitutional and legally invalid to subject Kenyans to double taxation by imposing the 1.5% housing development levy on basic salaries," COTU lawyer, Okweh Achiando, told the court. President Uhuru's affordable housing project seeks to build 500,000 houses by 2022 and is part of his legacy alongside manufacturing, universal health coverage and food security.

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