Tax & Spend
Kenya to Revive Some Tax Measures From Axed Finance Bill
- President scrapped bill in June after anti-government protests
- The government will consult before introducing new tax plans
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Kenya’s finance ministry is working to bring back some of the tax measures that the nation’s lawmakers were forced to abandon after weeks of deadly protests.
The taxes that formed part of the Finance Bill 2024 and aimed to raise additional 344 billion shillings ($2.7 billion) in the current fiscal year were scrapped after the demonstrations led to the deaths of more than 61 people and forced President William Ruto to sack his entire cabinet, including then-Treasury Secretary Njuguna Ndung’u.