After aid havoc, could Trump spook Kenya’s tax modernisation bid?

US President Donald Trump gestures as he stands on stage at a past rally at the Palm Beach County Convention Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, US on November 6, 2024. 

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Ever since assuming office, the President Donald Trump administration has been unwinding aid flows from the US at a dizzying pace and jangling nerves with panic across the world, especially within the Global South.

The donor funding status quo is upended, programmes are screeching to an abrupt halt and this has precipitated significant uncertainty as many begin to wrap their minds around what the road ahead could potentially look like.

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