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Kenya's treasury refuses to pay for constitutional referendum

Kenyatta's main financial advisers and treasury secretary Ukur Yatani Kanacho reckon the state cannot bear the cost of his and Raila Odinga's constitutional referendum. [...]

Published on 23/11/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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