Kenya: Government has banned the exportation of maize

Ethiopia and Kenya have agreed to speed up negotiations on a bilateral income tax treaty following a meeting between officials in Nairobi on 23 July 2026. According to an update published the same day by the Kenyan Principal Secretary of the

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has published the Value Added Tax (Amendment of Rate of Tax) Order 2026 on 14 July 2026, in which it extended the temporary VAT reduction from 16% to 8% on premium gasoline (motor spirit), illuminating kerosene, and

Kenya’s government confirmed, on 14 July 2026, that it is keeping its reduced 8% value-added tax rate on petroleum products through mid-October, alongside a KES 945 million subsidy to stabilise pump prices in the July-August cycle. The

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) released a public notice on 8 July 2026  regarding updates to the market interest rate for fringe benefit tax and the deemed interest rate on specific non-resident loans for July, August, and September

The Kenya Revenue Authority announced on 6 July 2026 that, under the Finance Act, 2026, which amends the First Schedule to the Excise Duty Act (Cap. 472), excise duty on bottled water has been abolished with effect from 1 July 2026. The announcement

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) announced on 3 July 2026 that it has rolled out a new tax relief programme designed to ease the financial burden on citizens while simultaneously boosting domestic revenue. Building upon two previous campaigns