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End this taxation craze, it’s doing the country no good

By Ababu Namwamba
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To tax is a sovereign prerogative, a constitutional fiat inherent in government. To pay tax is a civic imperative incumbent upon every citizen, one acknowledged even by Christ, in Mathew 22:21, “…render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s…” Indeed throughout the history of organised society, taxation has always been a defining nexus between ruler and subject.

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