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Kenyans brace for higher taxes as new finance bill targets petrol, beauty products
President Ruto seeks to raise taxes in the run-up to Kenya’s 2022 polls, economic issues, particularly public debt, and joblessness took centre stage. The Kenya Kwanza team led by William Ruto suggested that Kenya had over-borrowed, a habit they pledged to stop. The proposals in the 2023 finance bill, some of which were rejected by the previous parliaments, paint a picture of a government keen on giving its revenue authority stronger teeth to bite while making it expensive to appeal tax demands in the event of a dispute.
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