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Mauritius deal: Did Uhuru go against taxation court order?

President Uhuru Kenyatta with Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth
President Uhuru Kenyatta with Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.

President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Mauritius may have stoked an unintended legal crisis back home after ignoring a court ruling invalidating an earlier agreement on double taxation.

Among the six treaties signed between Kenya and the Indian Ocean island nation during his just-concluded four-day State visit, was the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) which the High Court ruled as unconstitutional last month.

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