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Relief for Ruto as court unlocks Finance Act 2023

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Chief Justice Martha Koome chats with President William Ruto after the swearing-in of twenty Judges of the High Court and conferment of the Rank of Senior Counsel at State House, Nairobi on May 14, 2024. [PCS]

The Supreme Court has granted the Kenya Kwanza government a major reprieve by temporarily allowing it to collect taxes provided for in the Finance Act 2023.

By suspending the Court of Appeal's judgment, the highest court in the land gave the government a green light to use the old law after the Finance Act 2024 was scrapped following protests.

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