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Raila Odinga’s new strategy to counter President Ruto taxes

Raila Odinga

Azimio leaders led by Raila Odinga, Martha Karua, Eugene Wamalwa and Wycliffe Oparanya address journalists at their Capitol Hill offices in Nairobi on January 30, 2024.  

Photo credit: Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has revealed that his coalition was working on a number of measures to ‘force’ President William Ruto’s administration to drop some of the punitive taxes, including the emotive housing levy.

Apart from joining forces with petitioners in some of the public litigation cases, the coalition is said to be considering calling for a fresh round of street protests, similar to the ones it staged last year before agreeing to initiate talks with the government.