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Hard task begins for Kenya Kwanza this July after Finance Bill collapse

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President William Ruto during the Presidential Roundtable at State House, Nairobi on June 30, 2024. [PCS, Standard]

As the 2024 fiscal year begins, the Kenya Kwanza administration faces hard questions that are as economic as they are political.

A second week of anti-tax protests meant the 2024 Finance Bill was not signed into law, but this was really an accountability moment for Kenya's leaders.

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