Cooking gas prices have increased following the adoption of 16 per cent VAT.
Telcos have similarly raised the cost of airtime.
The pain of new taxes to fund the Sh3.6 trillion budget has started to be felt by Kenyans after President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the Finance Bill, 2021, which has introduced new levies on airtime and betting.
Cooking gas prices have also increased following the adoption of the 16 per cent value added tax (VAT) that was introduced by the Finance Act, 2020 but whose implementation by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) was delayed for a year to cushion consumers from a high cost of living.
