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CS Wahome tells employers to effect 3pc housing levy or risk fines

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Lands Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome during a previous vetting session. [File, Standard]

Employers will continue to deduct three per cent Affordable Housing Levy from their employee's gross salary, the Ministry of Lands has stated.

The clarification came a day after the High Court in Nairobi declared the Housing Levy contained in the Finance Act 2023 as unconstitutional. The court, however, suspended the implementation of the judgment until January 10, 2024.

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