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How MPs allowed a rise in tax

President Uhuru Kenyatta makes his State of the Nation address at the National Assembly's chamber, Parliament Buildings, Nairobi 26-03-2015. [Photo: PSCU]

Members of Parliament exposed Kenyans to the high fuel taxation, yet they are now questioning the increased cost of fuel.

By not putting the government to task as it passed pieces of legislation that allowed the increase of taxes, legislators opened the door that led to the current situation.

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