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Kenya's president cuts fuel tax in half

The unpopular 16% VAT rate was imposed at the start of the month. Prices rose and there was a strike by fuel suppliers after the higher levy came into force at the beginning of the month, before the courts suspended it.

(Image: President Uhuru Kenyatta shortly after being elected in 2017. Credit: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

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