MPs want tax suit dismissed

MPs yesterday urged the court to dismiss a petition seeking to have them pay taxes. The 218 MPs, the clerk and the Speaker of the National Assembly through lawyer Ochieng Odoul urged the court to uphold the wide margin given to the executive on issues of tax adding that the petition is misconceived. Oduol argued that tax matters are issues of policy that only the executive and the legislation should deal with and the role of the court was only to interpret the constitution and laws as promulgated...