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Casts the bill as 'punitive again', arguing it revives the rejected 2024 measures and the grievances that forced the government's earlier retreat, with bread and phone taxes hitting the young hardest.

“Punitive, again: Ruto's 2026 Finance Bill revives the ghost of Gen Z protests.”

Reads the move as Morena consolidating control of the judiciary — delaying the vote, reshaping candidate lists and allowing electoral-tribunal magistrates to seek re-election, which critics call entrenchment.

“The Senate approves moving the judges' election to 2028 and greenlights re-election of TEPJF magistrates.”