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Treasury shouldn’t hide behind legal rituals to disregard courts

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich at a past function. (File, Standard)

The Treasury is, once again, on the spot for preferring impunity to the rule of law.

Hiding under the fold of legal technicalities, Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich’s ministry has blatantly refused to obey a court order in which the Treasury was directed to suspend the implementation of the 16 per cent value-added tax (VAT) on petroleum products.

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