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Tough times loom after MPs snub Kenyans' pleas, pass 16pc fuel tax

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Parliament session during the 2023/24 Budget Highlights on June 15, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The expected showdown between Kenya Kwanza and Azimo turned out to be an anti-climax as the 276 MPs voted like machines disregarding the petitions, oral submissions as well as points raised in the House to pass some clauses of the Finance Bill, 2023.

The opposition was whitewashed during the two days of debate as all their amendments were disregarded by a bullish House dominated by President William Ruto's Kenya Kwanza Alliance which carried the day.

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