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Uhuru rejects Finance Bill 2018, what next?

President Uhuru Kenyatta inspects a guard of honour before opening Parliament: He has sent Finance Bill 2018 with reservations. [File, Standard]

That National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has, in a special gazette notice, called a special sitting of the House on September 18 and 20 is indicative of the gravity of the matter in hand.

The house will, among other matters, debate on President Uhuru’s reservations on Finance Bill 2018, the one that postpones the 16 percent VAT on petroleum products to 2020.

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