Kenyan parliamentarians have agreed to double the fuel tax Kenyan lawmakers have decided to raise the tax on fuel from 8% to 16%. This cou...
Kenyan parliamentarians have agreed to double the fuel tax
Kenyan lawmakers have decided to raise the tax on fuel from 8% to 16%. This could cause the prices of consumer goods to go up.
The members of parliament from the party in power led the vote on the resolution on Wednesday. 184 people voted in favor of the issue in the new financial resolution, while 88 voted against it.
The government is looking for ways to get about 50 billion Kenyan shillings ($356 million or £279 million) from the tax increase, which it says is the best way to pay down the country's debt.
But the leader of the opposition in parliament said that the decision would be bad for the people of Kenya. He called the decision to keep working on the fuel tax problem "the most disappointing day in the history of Kenya."
This week, Kenya's parliament has been talking about and deciding on changes to some of the controversial parts of the currency bill.
Aside from the fuel tax, some of the more controversial bills include an estate tax that all salaried workers will have to pay and a rise in taxes for people who have a lot of followers on social media. kinship
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