As critics punch holes in Kenya’s Finance Bill 2026, they only scratch the surface of a severely flawed fiscus, predatory and extractive and biased against impoverished low-income Kenyans.
Riddled with dependent parastatals, kneejerk preconceived supplementary budgets, and irrational taxation, it hobbles and bleeds a tiny fraction of the formal working population. How did Kenyans become the proverbial milk cows?
