Use the proposed taxation Bill to ease high cost of living, MPs told

The National Assembly Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning chairperson Kimani Kuria during a public participation on tax proposals at Tononoka Hall in Mombasa County on November 19, 2024. [Kelvin Karani, Standard]

Low turnout marred public participation for the proposed Tax Amendment Bill, 2024 in two counties even as Kenyans urged the committee to ensure the Bill addresses the high cost of living.

In Mombasa, the few residents who turned up poked holes in the proposed changes in interest rates and retirement benefit sections of the tax Bill.