Kenya institutes reforms to shore up tax revenue to 25 pct of GDP


NAIROBI, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Kenyan government on Tuesday announced a strategy of tax reforms that it seeks to use to shore up revenue in the financial years 2024/2025 and 2026/2027 and over the medium term.

Njuguna Ndung'u, the cabinet secretary for the National Treasury, said the government will use the reforms to raise revenue to up to 25 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP).

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