{"id":27820,"date":"2023-06-23T18:01:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/2023\/06\/23\/kenya-tax-on-all-salaries-to-finance-housing\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T18:01:52","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T16:01:52","slug":"kenya-tax-on-all-salaries-to-finance-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/2023\/06\/23\/kenya-tax-on-all-salaries-to-finance-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Tax on all salaries to finance housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Kenya&rsquo;s\u00a0parliament&rsquo;s\u00a0voted\u00a0throuh\u00a0a\u00a0raft\u00a0of\u00a0tax\u00a0hikes\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0budget\u00a0of\u00a0president\u00a0William Ruto. The\u00a0contentious\u00a0changes\u00a0will\u00a0double\u00a0the\u00a0tax\u00a0on\u00a0fuel\u00a0to\u00a016%\u00a0to\u00a0generate\u00a0another 61\u00a0billion\u00a0shillings\u00a0or\u00a0a\u00a0little\u00a0under\u00a0400,000\u00a0euros,\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0government.\u00a0The\u00a0bill\u00a0still\u00a0has\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0signed\u00a0by\u00a0Ruto\u00a0and\u00a0opposition\u00a0members\u00a0have\u00a0threatened\u00a0to\u00a0call\u00a0fresh\u00a0protests\u00a0if\u00a0he\u00a0does. The\u00a0bill\u00a0also\u00a0proposes\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0housing\u00a0levy\u00a0which\u00a0Ruto\u00a0says\u00a0will\u00a0help\u00a0build\u00a0more\u00a0affordable\u00a0houses\u00a0but\u00a0many\u00a0Kenyans\u00a0hit\u00a0hard\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0rising\u00a0cost\u00a0of\u00a0living\u00a0say\u00a0they\u00a0can&rsquo;t\u00a0shoulder\u00a0the\u00a0extra\u00a0cost. FRANCE 24&rsquo;s correspondent Bastien Renouil reports.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya&rsquo;s\u00a0parliament&rsquo;s\u00a0voted\u00a0throuh\u00a0a\u00a0raft\u00a0of\u00a0tax\u00a0hikes\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0first\u00a0budget\u00a0of\u00a0president\u00a0William Ruto. The\u00a0contentious\u00a0changes\u00a0will\u00a0double\u00a0the\u00a0tax\u00a0on\u00a0fuel\u00a0to\u00a016%\u00a0to\u00a0generate\u00a0another 61\u00a0billion\u00a0shillings\u00a0or\u00a0a\u00a0little\u00a0under\u00a0400,000\u00a0euros,\u00a0for\u00a0the\u00a0government.\u00a0The\u00a0bill\u00a0still\u00a0has\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0signed\u00a0by\u00a0Ruto\u00a0and\u00a0opposition\u00a0members\u00a0have\u00a0threatened\u00a0to\u00a0call\u00a0fresh\u00a0protests\u00a0if\u00a0he\u00a0does. The\u00a0bill\u00a0also\u00a0proposes\u00a0a\u00a0new\u00a0housing\u00a0levy\u00a0which\u00a0Ruto\u00a0says\u00a0will\u00a0help\u00a0build\u00a0more\u00a0affordable\u00a0houses\u00a0but\u00a0many\u00a0Kenyans\u00a0hit\u00a0hard\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0rising\u00a0cost\u00a0of\u00a0living\u00a0say\u00a0they\u00a0can&rsquo;t\u00a0shoulder\u00a0the\u00a0extra\u00a0cost. FRANCE 24&rsquo;s correspondent Bastien Renouil reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-27820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-headlines","tag-africa","tag-afrique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.net\/afrique\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}