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| Kenyans taxed doubly to curb recession |
| By Jerry Nguwa |
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With the world recession knocking at african countries , Kenya is one of the many states to be hit severely considering the high foreign exchange that it boasts.
To curb the effects of the global recession in Kenya , the government has taken different measures . The government has decided to seriously reduce the its expenditure. |
| Kenyans demonstrating. Photo: Jerry Nguwa |
The second of the many measures taken, is to maximize the government revenues by taxing kenyans. The call for taxing members of parliament hit a dead end last week when they asked that their salaries be increased before being taxed. Having failed to tax members of parliament, the government has started to another tax collection campaign to tax citizens kenyans even unemployed. The easiest way is that of not minding the escalating price of food and basic commodities.
The other and the latest strategy is that of raising the tax rate on second hand clothes commonly known as MITUMBA. This measure has been implemented to make sure that even people on informal employment are taxed to maximize government revenues.
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