As Kenyans await the National Treasury's response and the final shape of the Finance Bill 2025, pressure is mounting on the government to offer tax reliefs to a population strained by rising fuel prices, increased levies, and stagnant wages.
Appearing before the Senate plenary, Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi was grilled by lawmakers over issues of double taxation, increasing fuel costs, and the mounting financial burden on Kenyans.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna pressed Mbadi on what steps the Treasury was taking to regulate the existing tax regime. "I would like the CS to address one question.
What are you doing about existing taxation that you found, including the housing levy, the increase in PAYE and VAT on fuel, that has seen the cost of taxes on a litre of petrol exceeding the cost of the product?" he questioned.
