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Finance Act 2023 was illegally enacted, Azimio and 40 groups tell court

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Senior counsel Charles Kanjama. [File, Standard]

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya and 40 civil society organisations are pleading with the Supreme Court to uphold a decision to declare the Finance Act, 2023, unconstitutional.

In their pitch on the second day of the hearings yesterday, the Law Society of Kenya, Katiba Institute and other 44 parties urged the judges to sustain the Court of Appeal's ruling on grounds that the Act significantly increased the tax burden and raised concerns about fiscal equity and public accountability.

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