22nd April, 2019
Employed Kenyans are at loggerheads with the government over the directive to employers to start deducting the controversial housing fund levy. The now-suspended levy requires all employers to deduct 1.5 percent of an employee’s gross salary and remit a similar amount to fund one of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s big 4 agenda points, housing. Can taxing salaried Kenyans pay for affordable housing for the rest of the population?