Tax pain: How Ruto plans to raid your pockets to fund first budget

President William Ruto in deep thought during the ' Hustler Nation' media brief. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The Kenya Kwanza administration has proposed tax measures that are set to see the already high cost of living go even higher for majority Kenyans as the government seeks to increase tax revenues in its first budget.

From salaries to spending the government is targeting a raise in taxes. For starters, Kenyans earning more than Sh500,000 per month will be hit hard with a proposal to increase Paye from 30 per cent to 35 per cent.