Furious Robert Alai returns state commendation awarded to him by president Uhuru

Robert Alai has finally fallen out with president Uhuru Kenyatta. The controversial blogger announced he will be returning the Head of States Commendation (HSC).

In December 12th 2017 Kenyans were taken by a rude shock because of the names of people who were awarded Head of States Commendation (HSC).

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Alai was awarded the HSC for pledging allegiance to Uhuru. He dumped Raila and started supporting Uhuru and he was rewarded for his move.

The fall out

Alai has halted his support for Uhuru because of betting tax. The Treasury finally sobered up and proposed to cut gaming tax from 35% of revenue to 15%. Last year gaming giant SportPesa withdrew all sports sponsorship following a tussle with the government over the 35% corporate tax imposed by the government on gaming income.

Gor Mahia was among the teams affected by SportPesa’s withdrawal of the sponsorship. But Robert Alai supports the idea of over taxing betting firms.

“I can’t support the government any more. You can’t lower taxation on betting / GAMING. From today, I have completely withdrawn my support for President Uhuru and his government. We are killing the youth of this country through this uncontrolled betting craze,” a furious Alai tweeted.

The blogger went on to announce that he was returning the HSC awarded to him. He said Uhuru should be ashamed to allow tax reduction for betting firms.

“With reduction of tax on betting, I will gladly return the HSC award. You can’t kill a generation with betting which you are not willing to regulate. @UKenyatta you should be ashamed to allow this to happen. You are killing young people with this betting craze,” Alai tweeted.