Kenya Courts Quash Housing Tax, Haiti Deployment in Blow to Ruto
- State introduced 1.5% levy to fund affordable housing program
- Levy would have raised 73 billion shillings this fiscal year
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Kenyan courts ruled against the government in two key cases Friday, the latest in a string of setbacks for President William Ruto.
A three-judge bench in the Court of Appeal ruled to suspend a mandatory 1.5% tax introduced in July until an ongoing appeal against the validity of the tariff is heard and determined.