Outrage, anger and frustration in expensive but scarce fuel

A board showing fuel prices in Kisumu on September 02, 2018. Fuel prices that have gone up are likely to affect transport costs across the country. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO), an economic advisory arm of the Legislature, convened yesterday to assess the full extent of the new taxes on household budgets.

The PBO will then provide an independent analysis for the National Assembly, which has already rejected the new taxation measures through amendments to the Finance Bill 2018.