A battle to force Members of Parliament to pay Sh1.04 billion tax waived for their cars has landed in court.
Lawyer Roy Mwamba, in his case before the High Court, said that MPs sneaked in a law shielding themselves from paying taxes to beat a judgment requiring each of the 349 National Assembly members and 67 Senators to pay Kenya Revenue Authority Sh2.5 million, which is part of the car grant issued to them.
According to him, instead of appealing the Tax Appeals Tribunal's decision in 2023, the MPs inserted changes to the tax law to avoid paying Sh1.04 billion.
He said the MPs sneaked amendments to Section 5 of the Income Tax Act, which went unnoticed by Kenyans.
