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Government cuts 2019/20 financial year spending plans by 2.1 per cent

Acting Finance Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yattani

The National Treasury has cut the government’s planned spending for the 2019/20 (July-June) fiscal year by 2.1 per cent, equivalent to Sh46.2 billion, a budget review document showed on Thursday.

The former finance Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich was criticised for raising spending in June and imposing additional tax measures on already squeezed taxpayers.

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