Momentum builds against VAT law as President Uhuru Kenyatta warns traders

President Uhuru Kenyatta has a word with the Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) African Department, Ms Antoinette Sayeh, after the official opening of a conference dubbed “Kenya’a Economic Success, Prospects and challenges” at the Norfolk Hotel, Nairobi, Tuesday.  [PHOTO: PSCU/STANDARD)

By MACHARIA KAMAU and ALPHONCE SHIUNDU

KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta Tuesday warned unscrupulous traders to stop exploiting consumers as Parliament held an emergency debate on the high prices of goods occasioned by the VAT Act.