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MPs sneaked law to evade paying Sh1.4b tax, lawyer tells court

Parliament session during a Special Parliamentary Sitting. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A battle to force Members of Parliament to pay Sh1.04 billion tax waived for their cars has landed in court.

Lawyer Roy Mwamba, in his case before the High Court, said that MPs sneaked in a law shielding themselves from paying taxes to beat a judgment requiring each of the...