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Powerful figures shielding businessmen from paying taxes: DP

Deputy President William Ruto speaks during a leaders' meeting at Njoro, Nakuru County. [DPPS]

Deputy President William Ruto has once again hit out at President Uhuru Kenyatta, saying the government is shielding connected businesspersons from paying taxes.

At a forum with several civil society organisations under the banner Angaza Movement at a Nairobi hotel, Ruto yesterday claimed a cabal of senior government officials was responsible for exempting themselves, their friends and businesses.

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