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Court suspends 1.5 percent VAT for the national housing

Central Organizing of Trade Unions (COTU-K) Secretary General Francis Atwoli. [[David Njaaga/Standard]

The High Court in Nairobi has temporarily suspended the 1.5 per cent National Housing Development Fund, set to be levied on all salaried workers.

Cotu had gone to court to challenge the Government's decision to levy workers in a bid to finance the ambitious housing project.

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