THE STANDARD By
Dominic Omondi |
February 27th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
The taxman has deflated the spirits of Members of County Assemblies after confirming that the car grants they received from the State will be taxed.
In an advisory to the chairman of the Council of Governors (CoG) Chairman Martin Wambora, the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) said the loan, which had been converted into a grant following a presidential decree, would attract a 30 per cent income tax before hitting the accounts of MCAs.
“On the issue of ‘car grant,’ since it is payable to the said employees in form of cash, it therefore qualifies as income from employment as ‘other allowances ,” said KRA’s Commissioner of Domestic Taxes Rispah Simiyu.
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Maina Njenga Gifts Journalists Sheep
Journalists gifted sheep following a press conference by former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga
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Former Mungiki Leader Maina Njenga on Wednesday, February 24, gifted journalists who had attended a press conference at his home a sheep each.
In the press conference, Njenga called on President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga to work together in 2022.
He went on to thank Members of the County Assemblies (MCAs) in all the counties who had passed the BBI bill.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga at Bomas of Kenya
File We are going to clear all crocodiles on the way, and we welcome Baba in Mt Kenya. We will use this month to sensitize the masses on the BBI report, stated Njenga stated.