The High Court of Kenya on Monday dismissed a government bid to unfreeze tax increases that have sparked widespread protests, asking senior judges to direct the case on the hikes that authorities say are needed to cut debt and create jobs.
Justice Mugure Thande declined to grant the government's request to lift the orders, saying the petitioners who sued the government had raised weighty issues that should be determined by a full hearing.
Thande said the case would now be referred to the chief justice to form a panel of judges to hear the matter.
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