You may dislike Ruto’s domestic politics, but pretending he is failing diplomatically is intellectually dishonest. Ruto’s critics are still treating diplomacy as foreign travel and photo opportunities.
He has taken Kenya into rooms usually reserved for the world’s major powers and positioned it as a bridge between Africa, the West and the Global South.
At the G7, the agenda is not village succession politics. It is debt, credit pricing, development finance, investment and the architecture of the next global order.
While provincial political operators fight over who inherits a mountain, Ruto is trying to secure Kenya a seat at the table where the price of Africa’s future capital will be decided.
They are playing draughts over local territory. He is playing geopolitical chess for continental leverage.
@wilber1990f From a village "chicken seller" to the G7 Summit in Évian, France, leadership is a ladder of grit. It takes more than institutional titles it requires raw political capital and the resilience to rise from a family man to the only African leader invited to the table. 🇰🇪 #Ruto
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In Kenya’s VAT system, “exempt” ≠ zero-rated.
- **Zero-rated** (Nyoro’s likely intent): Fuel sold at 0% VAT, but businesses reclaim input VAT on costs (imports, transport, etc.). This keeps the base price lower.
- **Exempt**: No VAT charged on fuel sales, **but** no input VAT recovery. Unrecoverable VAT on the supply chain gets baked into the base price → pump price often rises.
Kuria is highlighting this trap. Currently petroleum is at 8% VAT. Full exemption without credits can make it costlier than a proper zero-rate.
That’s the economics behind the claim.
After successfully launching Nigeria’s only operational oil refinery, billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has set his sights on Kenya as the next location for another mega refinery project, according to recent reports.
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The lawyers representing Gachagua had an enviable opportunity to be taught Constitutional and Administrative Law by my former Law Teacher Prof. Muigai.
They won’t tell Gachagua but they know where this is headed.