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This year's Finance Bill should not lead to loss of lives

A demonstrator holds a Kenyan flag as he kneels in front of a group of Kenyan anti riot police officers during a protest in Nairobi on July 2, 2024. [AFP]

This year’s Finance Bill risks becoming yet another flashpoint in the increasingly fractious relationship between the government and sections of the public.

For many, opposing the Bill has become a symbolic rejection of perceived bad governance. But this conflation is both dangerous and misguided.

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