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Politics and taxes are symbiotic. They are also power twins that balance each other or collapse a geopolitical entity. Through persuasion or use of force, people agree to pay taxes as a form of loyalty to the state and acceptance of its legitimacy. Taxes are emotive and inability to address related concerns leads to de-legitimisation and shifting of loyalties.
Addressing perceptions of excessive taxation is politicaland requires command of “political economy” or the ability to balance politics and economics. Failure to grasp this can lead to civil commotion. Kenyan officialdom seems guilty of not grasping the essence of political economy.
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