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Government's insatiable appetite for taxes will hurt Kenyans even more

Higher PAYE taxes and the housing levy have reduced the amounts employees take home and affected their spending power. [iStockphoto]

Even after the recent uproar over new tax measures, the Kenya Kwanza government is clearly not done with Kenyans.

The National Treasury has unveiled its Medium-Term Revenue Strategy in which it proposes a host of new taxes it plans to implement between now and 2027.

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