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Push for higher tax-to-GDP ratio untenable, data shows

President William Ruto signs the Appropriation Bill into law at State House, Nairobi on June 28. [PCS]

While the Finance Bill, 2024 might have been the straw that broke the camel's back, President William Ruto's incessant call for improved revenue collection has not been consistent with the size of the economy.

The re-enactment of the 2016 US Capitol Building raid on the Kenyan Parliament shows the extent to which taxpayers have been squeezed to rescue a country riddled with debt amid constrained revenues.

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