New petition to have taxes capped at 20 percent workers’ salaries
Petitioners file petion in court to have taxes and levies that can be imposed on an individual at 20 percent and 30 percent for corporate bodies
Petitioners file petition in court to have taxes and levies that can be imposed on an individual at 20 percent and 30 percent for corporate bodies.
Eight Kenyans have sued President William Ruto’s government for what they termed as “wage slavery” caused by too many taxes and levies introduced “with reckless abandon”.
The petitioners ask the court to cap the amount of taxes and levies that can be imposed on an individual at 20 percent, and on corporate bodies at 30 percent.
They filed the petition at the High Court under a certificate of urgency.
“In its classical meaning, any person whose labours can only afford them the basic necessities of food, clothing and shelter is considered a slave or a wage slave. Over the last one year, many Kenyans have fallen into the wage slave bracket despite the fact that Article 30 of the Constitution absolutely prohibits slavery in Kenya,” they said in the petition.
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“The petitioners contend that excessive taxation is the main reason why wage slavery is becoming institutionalised in Kenya as the incumbent government, supported by its rubber-stamp National Assembly, enacts and enforces new laws to justify deduction of taxes and levies from the income of workers and business owners.”
This comes after the introduction of new tax policies, including an increase in monthly salaries from a maximum of 30 percent to 35 percent; a new 1.5 percent housing tax, with an equivalent amount paid by the employer; a 2.75 percent hospital insurance fund levy; and a 3 percent turnover (gross sales) tax on small businesses.
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