Mbadi’s acid test on new taxes after Gen-Z protests

Protesters during the anti-finance bill demonstrations along Kenyatta Avenue in Nairobi on June 20, 2024. The deadly protests forced the government to withdraw Finance Bill 2024—which planned tax increases.

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Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi will face a key test in pushing through new tax measures, following the deadly protests in June that ended in the defeat of the Finance Bill, 2024.

The Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, currently under public participation will be the first attempt by the Kenya Kwanza administration to move new taxes since the youth-led discourse.

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