CS Rotich targets fuel guzzlers with 35 per cent excise duty

Government vehicles at a parking lot.

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich is going after extravagant motorists, hitting fuel guzzlers with more excise duty.

As part of his new taxation measures for financial year 2019/20, the CS increased excise duty on vehicles with engine capacity of 1500cc from 20 to 25 per cent. It is the same duty that will be paid by those buying vehicles of an engine capacity of 3000cc, a reduction from 30 per cent that had been introduced in the previous financial calendar.