Kenya Fuel Tax: No going back as Kenyatta rejects bill seeking delay
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president uhuru kenyatta of kenya defied parliament by rejecting a financebill that sought to postpone a widely unpopular tax on fuel that has triggered strikes and public anger1 parliament will hold a special sitting on the bill on tuesday to reconsider the finance bill togetherwith the reservations of the president said the gazette notice signed by justin muturithe speaker of the national assembly1 it did not say why the president rejected the bill as passed by parliament in late august1 kenyattas acting spokesperson kanze dena told reuters the president would address the country on the matter on friday1 his government faced a strike by some fuel dealers anger among commuters and a lawsuit after it triggereda hike in transport and fuel prices by imposing the 16 per cent value added tax on all petroleumproducts on sept. 11 the finance bill that was returned to parliament had also retained a cap on commercial lending rates afterlawmakers amended a move by the finance minister to repeal it1