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After a tax increase bill is withdrawn, Kenya’s President orders considerable budget cuts


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Kenya President William Ruto has ordered significant cuts in the federal budget and proposed other government reforms to pay off a crushing debt burden. The move is seen as a concession to popular disapproval of a tax bill that sparked weeks of violent protests. VOA’s Nairobi Bureau Chief Mariama Diallo reports.

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