Housing levy evolves into tax only worker will pay

The chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Finance, Mr Kuria Kimani, when he addressed the media on the Finance Bill at the Parliament buildings in Nairobi on June 13, 2023. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The housing levy the government had defended as a saving and a win for employees since offered them a chance into their employers' vaults, has now transformed into a tax and will be deducted solely from the employee's pay.