CS Mbadi Reveals Conditions To Lower Taxes For Kenyans
Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has informed Kenyans that the government is working on a long-term strategy to reduce personal tax rates, but only if one important condition is met.
During an interview with NTV on Thursday, December 11, Mbadi stated that the government will only decrease taxes for Kenyans after achieving its goal of extending the tax band.
“We are actually having a strategy to expand the tax bracket. The moment we bring more people into the tax-paying bracket, we will definitely go a step further and lower the tax rate for individual Kenyans,” Mbadi stated.
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He said that the government had begun implementing tax changes to relieve the burden on Kenyans, including the implementation of the Tax Adjustment Law, which was approved in December 2024.
Mbadi, on the other hand, argued that these adjustments were part of the government’s overall effort to establish a sustainable tax structure in the country.
In the interview, the CS acknowledged the financial strain that many Kenyans, particularly middle-income workers, had been dealing with since the implementation of new tax policies in 2023.
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“I know that many Kenyans are struggling, especially the middle-income citizens, and the concern has been around whether the taxes that were effected in 2023 have hit their pockets,” the CS noted.
He said that the government has already made many tax adjustments, including the Tax Adjustment Law, which went into effect in December 2024, to mitigate the effects of the 2023 tax measures.
“Yes, we did, but we have made a few adjustments to the tax rate, including the Tax Adjustment Law, which we implemented in December 2024,” he stated.
Mbadi’s statement comes amid widespread criticism over the government’s high taxes on Kenyans, notably in the job sector.
Some Kenyans argue that frequent tax hikes, especially on essential goods and services such as food items and fuel, have driven the cost of living too high.
However, CS Mbadi recently revealed that a larger chunk of the taxes collected from Kenyans is used to service debts, which has since hit the Ksh12 trillion mark.
Speaking at a past interview, Mbadi noted that nearly half of the tax generated goes to paying taxes, leaving the government with inadequate capital to fund key projects.
CS Mbadi Reveals Conditions To Lower Taxes For Kenyans
