MPs lose battle to block Sh1bn tax on car grants

Moses Wetangula

The Speaker of the National Assembly, Moses Wetangula. 

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Members of Parliament have suffered a blow after their plea to overturn the tax demand of Sh1 billion for the car grants that the lawmakers get every term.

A tribunal has ruled that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has the right to demand Sh2.5 million from each of the 416 lawmakers -- 349 in the National Assembly and 67 in the Senate -- as 30 percent income tax on the car grant.

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