Winners and losers in President Ruto tax trade-off plan

Protesters during an anti-Finance Bill demonstration along Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi on June 18, 2024.  

Photo credit: Evans Habil | Nation Media Group

MPs have proposed an increase in fuel, import and rail development levies as well as higher excise duty on gambling to compensate for giving up a raft of controversial taxes on bread and cars in this year’s Finance Bill.

The National Assembly Finance and Planning Committee’s proposal will give the Treasury a soft landing from the loss of potential revenue worth billions of shillings due to the reversal of new and enhanced tax measures.

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