Judges keep VAT on fuel, M-Pesa tax to November
Wednesday July 28 2021
Attorney-General Paul Kihara Kariuki speaks on August 10, 2018 during the Law Society of Kenya annual conference. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NATION MEDIA GROUP
By JOSEPH WANGUI
The court had found they were passed by the National Assembly without the Senate’s nod.
But Court of Appeal judges Agnes Murgor, Jessie Lesiit and Pauline Nyamweya Tuesday extended the order to November 5, when they will deliver their judgment.
Taxes on fuel and M-Pesa transfers and an Sh18 levy on a litre of kerosene, introduced through a set of laws that were declared illegal by the High Court last year, will still be remain in place for the next three months.