Kajiado Central MP Elijah Memusi differed with President William Ruto over the Finance Bill 2023 which sailed through in the National Assembly.
He said that while he supported some provisions in the bill, he still had reservations on the Housing Levy.
Memusi said that housing was not the priority at the moment, stating that the president should have addressed other important issues like the biting economy.
The lawmaker projected that if the monies being splashes on the housing project would be channelled to other causes such as education, Kenya would make strides.
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"I assessed and saw that if the Sh 7.5 billion was divided in the 290 constituencies, each would get Sh 26 million for bursary every month, and education would be free across the country," he said.
"If Kenyans were skilled in schools, we would be able to export labour to such countries as Philippines, India and Mexico.
However, with the bill having passed, Memusi asked the president to tone down the expenditures in the executive.
"My priority right now is to ask you one thing, now that the Finance Bill has passed and is water under the bridge, crack your whip so that the money collected from them is not wasted in government. That is the only request I have for you," he said.
The lawmaker spoke on Sunday, June 25, at the Ildamat Stadium, Kajiado County, where the president graced an interdenominational church service.
