In President William Ruto’s view, the notion that Kenyans are overtaxed is a big myth. He has repeatedly made this claim in several press interviews in recent weeks.
It seems to me that the main piece of data he relies on to buttress his stand on the vexed debate on whether or not the citizens and businesses are overtaxed is that arcane concept and piece of statistics referred to in economics textbooks as ‘tax effort’— that measures tax revenue as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).
