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Githae’s claim on tax burden not the truth

Why did Finance minister Njeru Githae have to resort to double-speak when he announced the new tax measures to raise close to Sh40 billion for additional recurrent expenditure?

Simple, he was, in a very crude fashion, playing the politician with a matter he knows will impact heavily on the voter who will decide his fate in the March 4 General Election next year.

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