Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta has returned to parliament a finance bill which sought to suspend a widely unpopular 16 percent value-added a tax on fuel, an official notice showed on Thursday.
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NAIROBI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta has returned to parliament a finance bill which sought to suspend a widely unpopular 16 percent value-added a tax on fuel, an official notice showed on Thursday.
Parliament will hold a special sitting on the bill on Sept. 18.
Officials at parliament and at the president's office confirmed the gazette notice summoning parliament from a month-long recess.
Kenyatta's office said he would address the country on Friday.
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