Kenyan MPs want bigger say on EAC import tax decisions

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Cargo trucks wait to be cleared at the One Stop Border Post in Lunga Lunga, Kwale County on June 21, 2022. PHOTO | WACHIRA MWANGI | NMG

Kenyan lawmakers now want a bigger role in the country’s tax decisions on goods entering the East African Community (EAC) bloc to protect traders against arbitrary changes.

The National Assembly’s Committee on Finance and National Planning says decisions on taxes on imported items should be subjected to public participation.

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