Tax Procedures Act Stories

Kenya enforces mandatory certificate of origin for all imports under new 2025 tax law
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 09, 2025

KRA said the new requirement is part of stricter enforcement measures under the Finance Act, 2025, warning that non-compliance will result in goods be...

MPs reject proposal granting KRA unrestricted access to taxpayers’ mobile money, bank data
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 17, 2025

 According to KRA, real-time access to financial data would boost tax compliance and curb evasion, given that only half of registered taxpayers curren...

Treasury proposes stricter measures for tax defaulters, relief for compliant taxpayers
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jun 12, 2025

One of the key proposals is to expand the scope of agency notices to include non-resident persons, allowing the commissioner to recover unpaid taxes f...

Lobby group Okoa Uchumi warns 2025 budget will raise costs, deepen inequality in Kenya
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 04, 2025

Okoa Uchumi says several proposals in the Finance Bill 2025 place an unfair burden on ordinary citizens while protecting elite interests, risking grea...

Health associations call for stronger regulations on surgical procedures
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Feb 20, 2025

Despite significant progress in reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in Kenya, KMA and KOGS emphasised that compromising surgical safety would und...

New Bill proposes independent post-poll reviews of electoral processes
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 29, 2024

The proposed legislation seeks to transfer the role from IEBC to an external firm, which would submit its findings to Parliament within 90 days of its...

National Assembly rejects 5 per cent tax on infrastructure bonds interest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2024

The Treasury had projected that taxing infrastructure bond interest would generate Sh13 billion annually, a crucial part of its efforts to raise Sh174...

Government to inspect 160 cosmetic clinics following woman’s death
Lucy Mumbi  |  Nov 18, 2024

In a statement on Monday, Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni said the inspections will target 126 beauty and medical spas and 34 plastic surgery...

New proposed tax Bill seeks to address matters of unpaid taxes
Barack Oduor  |  Aug 27, 2024

The proposed Tax Procedures (Amendment) Bill, 2024 now seeks to give powers that were previously revoked by the Finance Act 2023, which was later null...

New bill proposes to streamline licence issuance in North Eastern counties
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Apr 07, 2024

Githinji said that even if different counties enact laws to guide the process in their respective counties, those county assemblies will be guided by...

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