Boda bodas, used cars likely targets of new tax

Boda boda operators resting on their motorcycles at the Section 58 shell petrol station on April 4, 2022, as they wait for their turn to fuel. [Harun Wathari, Standard}

Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani’s hidden ‘sin tax’ measure is likely to hit importers of boda boda motorcycles and secondhand cars  in a move aimed at raising an additional Sh50.4 billion.

In his Budget Speech on Thursday, Yatani noted that he had tabled in the National Assembly the Finance Bill 2022, a proposed law that outlines how the government will raise revenues in a given financial year.