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Tax dilemma for Ruto in Mt Kenya as MPs dither on push for support

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President William Ruto (centre) during the Kenya Kwanza Parliamentary Group Meeting at State House, Nairobi. [PCS] [PCS]

The silence of Mt Kenya region government allied MPs against the Finance Bill has revived the memories of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report where pro-government leaders silently opposed the bill

It is the moment of Winston Churchill's statement that history repeats itself first as a tragedy and second as a farce where those who accused the pro-Uhuru Kenyatta-led administration of failing to listen to the wishes and aspirations of the people.

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