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The National Assembly has passed President Uhuru Kenyatta’s proposal on eight per cent Value Added Tax on fuel.
This was after only 215 MPs remained in the House when the physical vote on the proposal was called.
The House was forced to go into division after those opposed to the proposal protested after the chair proclaimed that the Ayes had carried the day.
For voting to have happened, 233 MPs were required to be in the chamber.
The development in Parliament means that the fuel tax will now be at 8 per cent as opposed to the earlier 16 per cent.
MPs had previously passed an amendment to the Finance Bill, 2018 suspending the tax for another two years.
Uhuru, however, rejected the Bill and returned it to the House with the new proposal.
More to follow…
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