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New blow to Kenya's President Ruto as court annuls 2023 finance bill

Kenya's President William Ruto during a press conference at State House in Nairobi on 11 July 2024. © Tony Karumba / AFP

Kenya's Court of Appeal has declared the government's 2023 finance bill unconstitutional, inflicting a new blow to the government of President William Ruto who withdrew this year's finance bill after deadly protests.

The court's verdict was in respect of an appeal of another one from the High Court late last year, which largely left the finance bill intact, only striking out the housing levy.

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