Education Leading in 2025/26 Budget Sector Gains
The National Assembly on Thursday, June 19, passed the Finance Bill 2025, which now awaits President William Ruto’s assent. The ...
Tag: Finance Bill 2025
Win for Construction Companies and Local Manufacturers as 15% Tax Incentive Is Retained
The National Assembly Finance and Planning Committee has proposed the retention of the 15% corporate tax incentive for both construction ...
Cheers to Unity! EAC’s Alcohol Tax Deal Is a Win for Consumers and Trade
At long last, something to raise our glasses to literally. The East African Community (EAC) has finally agreed to harmonise ...
Why Parliament Must Reject the Finance Bill 2025
The Finance Bill 2025 tabled in the National Assembly poses a serious threat to Kenya’s social fabric, according to the ...
Finance Bill 2025 to Remove Tax Exemption for Select Cars
The tourism industry could face significant disruption if proposals in the Finance Bill 2025 are passed to eliminate key tax ...
Exposed: How Finance Bill 2025 is a Betrayal of Kenyans
As Kenya braces for the official reading of the 2025/26 national budget next week, civil society organizations under the Okoa ...
Shifting Goalposts: Housing Levy’s Slippery Slope to Misuse and Corruption
In a functioning democracy, public trust is anchored in consistency, transparency, and accountability. When the government announces a policy—particularly one ...
Medicine Prices to Hike in July Under New Tax Plan
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has raised alarm over a proposal in the Finance Bill 2025 that could increase ...
Kenyan Who Built Website to Oppose Finance Bill Arrested
Rose Njeri, a Kenyan who built a website to help Kenyans submit their views on the Finance Bill 2025 has ...
Proposals to Reduce PAYE by 7% Made
The Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Kenya (ICPAK) has proposed a 7% reduction in the top Pay As You ...
Kenyans, It’s Time We Regulate and Tax and Our Churches
In Kenya, where there are more churches per square kilometer than industries and schools, pocketing millions every week, churches must ...
KRA Explains Plans of Accessing Private Data in Finance Bill Proposal
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was at pains to explain why it seeks to repeal Section 59A(1B) of the Tax ...
Kenya’s Education in Crisis: Why Defunding Examinations is a Grave Mistake
On May 13, 2025, the Ministry of Education appeared before the National Assembly and dropped a startling revelation: it lacks ...
Researchers on Kenya’s Violent, Corrupt Police Force That’s Beyond Reform
Kenya’s police brutality is under the spotlight following the recent release of a BBC investigation into the killing of protesters ...
2025 Finance Bill to Give KRA Powers to Access Personal Data
The 2025 Finance Bill has included a proposal that will grant the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) access to personal data. ...
Win for Employees as Govt Moves to Raise Tax-Free Per Diem to Ksh10,000
The Finance Bill 2025 has proposed raising the tax-free per diem allowance for employees from Ksh2,000 to Ksh10,000. This move, ...
Budget Making Process: What You Need to Know Before Finance Bill 2025
Kenya’s budget-making process is a structured and legally guided cycle, rooted in the 2010 Constitution and the Public Finance Management ...
Ruto’s Headache as World Bank and UAE Threaten to Withhold Ksh297 Billion Funding
Kenya’s failure to meet economic targets under its International Monetary Fund (IMF) program has put external investor financing including from ...