Two-year tax break for small traders will boost economy, Uhuru says

President Uhuru Kenyatta during the State of the Nation address event in Parliament. [Photo: Standard]

An initiative where small business will not pay single business permits or file presumptive taxes in their first two years is among government's achievements so far, the President has said.

While giving the State of the Nation address yesterday, President Uhuru Kenyatta also asked Parliament to pass the National Aviation Management Bill which would set the national carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) on the path to nationalisation.