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Housing levy and taxation call for sober, well-informed debate

President William Ruto during the ground breaking ceremony of the LAPFUND Bellevue Park Residence Project in Nairobi. [PSCU]

That the Kenya Kwanza administration does now own the spaces that drive the public narrative is obvious from the disdain that any of their ideas, progressive or otherwise, get from the real owners of public discourse led by broadcast, print and other media.

While one may disagree with how the new administration has sought to resolve some pressing national problems, one cannot dismiss their identification of the problem and its associated diagnosis.

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