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Taxation Pain: Lawyer wants judges exempted from Ruto taxes

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Law society of Kenya Council Member lawyer Kipkoech Bernhard Ng'etich left and his Counterpart Peter Okiro after filling a petition against the Judicial Service Commission at a Nakuru Court on January 22, 2019. [File, Standard]

A Nakuru-based lawyer has filed a petition at the High Court seeking to have judges exempted from paying increased taxes under the Finance Act 2023.

Peter Okiro, in a petition filed through his lawyer lawyer Kipkoech Ng'etich said the remuneration and benefits accorded to judges is one of the canons of independence of the Judiciary, thus judicial independence has everything to do with remuneration and benefits of the judges.

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