Where Kenya plans to get Sh2.6 trillion to fuel the economy

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich (fourth left) and National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi (third left) join the Senate choir at Parliament Buildings Thursday. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

NAIROBI: The 2017-18 budget, which for the first time came before June, contained a surprise taxation plan despite the expected expenditure widening to Sh2.6 trillion.

With the rest of the East African Community yet to read their budgets, the Jubilee administration's last budget before August 8 polls has come with economical tax plans.