Tax expenditure reduction, review a low-hanging fruit for raising revenue

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Tax revenue is the main source of finance for most governments across the world. It is even more critical in countries that do not have major non-tax sources of revenue such as Kenya.

In the absence of sufficient tax collections, the government mainly relies on debt to finance its budget obligations. There has been a growing concern over Kenya’s debt level, and this has jolted the government into action to ensure long-term debt sustainability.

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