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Kenyans can smell double-speak in government policies and tax plans

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President William Ruto during the 22nd Comesa Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Lusaka, Zambia on June 08, 2023. [PCS]

Left untransformed, inequalities and exclusion are our greatest threat, those Upper Hill statisticians tell us once more.

In a week where we are told a former State House civil servant is being sued for Sh413 million in monthly child support and the First Lady rode a Sh560,000 bicycle to make an important point about road safety, we do need to look at national policy and our personal culture.

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