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Meg Whitman: Taxation rates should be increased gradually

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US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman during an interview on Spice FM on May 15, 2024. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

United States Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman has demonstrated her objection to President William Ruto's plan of increasing tax rates from 14 per cent to 22 per cent to GDP ratio.

Whitman said that the issue of tax is a worldwide issue and for a country to be economically stable, it requires more time as the process is gradual.

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