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Ndindi Nyoro, the chairman of the parliamentary budget committee, told the BBC the latest ruling might cause significant shortfalls in this year’s budget and limited the government’s ability to run its affairs.

Mr Nyoro said the government had already made significant cuts and it still might be forced to do away with its entire development budget and salaries salaries for government workers.

Mr Nyoro says "there is no guarantee of success" for the government in its court battles - and all the choices Mr Ruto faces are tough - and even body armour will offer him little protection.

Ndindi Nyoro, chairman of the parliamentary budget committee, told the BBC that the government's tax plan was to ensure that government was not digging a bigger debt hole by borrowing more.

"We must start with a country that is feeding itself," Nyoro, the chairman of the budget panel, said.