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Kenya reintroduces tax reforms with new deputy president
Kenya's government desperately needs to boost revenues as it struggles under around $80 billion in debt. It has prepared three new tax and finance bills, to be introduced soon in parliament, and sent out an explainer to the media on Friday.
Kenyans attend the swearing-in ceremony of Kenya's Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, at the Kenya International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi on November 1, 2024. (Photo by SIMON MAINA / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
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Kenya plans to re-introduce some of the tax hikes that sparked deadly protests earlier this year, the government announced Friday, while a new deputy president was sworn in