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Raila’s support of VAT hands him share of blame in Jubilee blunders

ODM leader Raila Odinga

Although he is second in command in the country, Deputy President William Ruto has not played a discernible role in managing the unfolding crisis resulting from the taxation measures contained in the Finance Bill 2018.

In the circumstances, the burden of navigating the bill through a surprisingly disruptive National Assembly has been carried by President Uhuru Kenyatta, without the support of his deputy.

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