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Treasury plans to use new taxes to pay illegal Sh1t debt, says Omtatah

Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah. He claims the Finance Act, 2023, is unconstitutional. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Kenya Kwanza Government intends to borrow Sh211 billion to plug the deficit created by the suspension of the Finance Act, 2023.

In an appeal application, Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung'u and Attorney General Justin Muturi have asked the court to lift freeze orders issued by High Court judge Mugure Thande.

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