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Relooking Kenya’s fiscal health: Time for tough action?

The government’s recent fiscal arithmetic in introducing numerous taxes has been questioned. To begin with, tax is and has always been intended to be a social contribution for the common good. Never has it been and it should not be a burden. There are arguments for expanding the scope in certain hard times, but this ought to be the exception rather than the norm.

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