US tax cuts seen raising amount of money sent back to Kenya

The US diaspora accounts for more than half of the remittances sent to Kenya. FILE PHOTO | AFP

Wide-ranging tax cuts in the US could positively impact the amount of money that Kenyans living in the country send home, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) says in a new report on financial markets.

The US diaspora accounts for more than half of the remittances sent to Kenya, with those in formal employment or running businesses set to be among millions who will benefit from lower taxes signed into law in December by President Donald Trump.

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