Kenya: Public Outrage Over Newly-Introduced Housing Tax

20 September 2018

The newly-introduced housing levy that will have Kenyans being deducted 1.5 percent from their monthly salaries to help finance a new low cost house funding has angered Kenyans on Twitter.

The initial bill proposed by the National Treasury was at 0.5 per cent of the gross pay per month matched by employers, but this was rejected by MPs last month.

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