Stamp duty can be refunded

Times Tower, the seat of the Kenya Revenue Authority. [PHOTO: JENIPHER WACHIE / STANDARD]

Kenya: Some readers wrote to this column with one chief concern: The payment of stamp duty. Some thought the revenue is too high and encouraged thoughts of evasion. Sample this. Titus Wafula says his lawyer told him that transferring property in his name was impossible without paying the tax, which is true.

“Can the State refund the amount paid in case the transaction turns sour? asks Wafula.