Is the Finance Bill 2025 taxing Kenya toward growth or away from it?

National Treasury Principal Secretary Chris Kiptoo (left) with the docket's Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi together displays the Budget briefcase ahead of unveiling the government spending plan for the financial year 2025/2026 in Parliament on June 12, 2025. 

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The Finance Bill, 2025, the third under the Kenya Kwanza administration, is anchored in the 2025 Budget Policy Statement (BPS), themed “Consolidating Gains under the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda for Inclusive Green Growth.”

It aligns with the Fourth Medium-Term Plan of Vision 2030 and proposes sweeping changes that will impact several sectors of the economy, including automotive, agriculture, real estate, ICT, and energy.

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