Kenya's government on Tuesday walked back plans to impose multiple tax hikes, the presidency said, amending a controversial bill that sparked protests where more than a dozen demonstrators were arrested.

Kenya scraps most new tax hikes as hundreds protest

Several people were reported to have been shot, some possibly fatally, after police and demonstrators clashed in several cities and towns across Kenya, on Wednesday (July 19), amid protests over the new finance law that has sought to raise taxes amid the high cost of living.

Kenya: Protesters clash with police as three-day protest over tax hikes begins; over 300 arrested

President Ruto seeks to raise taxes in the run-up to Kenya’s 2022 polls, economic issues, particularly public debt, and joblessness, took centre stage. The Kenya kwanza team led by William Ruto suggested that Kenya had over-borrowed, a habit they pledged to stop. The proposals in the 2023 finance bill, some of which were rejected by the previous parliaments, paint a picture of a government that is keen on giving its revenue authority stronger teeth to bite while making it expensive to appeal tax demands in the event of a dispute.

President Ruto seeks to raise taxes

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Kenya scraps most new tax hikes as hundreds protest

Kenya: Protesters clash with police as three-day protest over tax hikes begins; over 300 arrested

President Ruto seeks to raise taxes