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Ruto slams Raila backers, accuse them of blackmailing the State

President William Ruto speaks during a thanksgiving service at Ole Ntimama Stadium in Narok County. [PCS]

The political face-off between President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga took a new twist yesterday, with the former accusing shadowy backers of the ODM leader of benefitting from unfair tax exemptions.

In a broadside delivered in Mombasa, Ruto said entities that benefitted from unjust tax arrangements of past regimes were sponsoring Raila's recent political activities.

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