Poor Kenyans to pay more for basic items as State seeks to raise Sh64b

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich sets out elaborate, but punitive tax measures to hammer low and middle income earners hard, but ironically grants huge breaks to the the rich.

The Government is planning to raid the pockets of citizens, who are already among the world’s most highly taxed people, to raise more money.

According to a National Treasury brief sent to the country’s largest lender, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kenya is seeking to raise Sh64 billion through taxation of basic commodities.