Kenya’s opposition has described the tax rises signed into law by President William Ruto as a mistake.
Report says among the changes agreed by Parliament last week were a doubling of the sales tax on fuel, from eight per cent to 16 per cent, and a new housing levy.
The new measures have angered some supporters of the President, who during his successful election campaign presented himself as someone who would look out for the interests of the poor.
President Ruto has, however, defended the changes as necessary to deal with the country’s debt problem and as a means to invest in programmes that would help benefit the less – privileged.
