State tables Bill in Parliament to salvage housing tax

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Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG

The government has tabled a Bill in Parliament that seeks to entrench the controversial housing levy in law in a bid to avert a possible revocation by the courts.

Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah on Thursday tabled the Affordable Housing Bill 2023, weeks after the High Court declared the levy charged at 1.5 percent of the gross salary of an employee unconstitutional.

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