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Hustler nation bid to raise more cash by inflating taxes fails poor Kenyans

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President William Ruto. [File, Standard]

It has not been getting easier for the average Kenyan hustler.

The Kenya Kwanza government has repeatedly been blamed for increasing the yoke of taxes, and the introduction of levies that Kenyans cannot keep up with.

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