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Gambling and betting tax based on emotion not economics

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich’s decision to exponentially increase taxes on gambling and betting draws parallels with early endeavours the world over to outlaw production and consumption of recreational drugs as cannabis.

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