National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has sent mixed signals on the expected reforms to the pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) structure that could favour the low-income earners, even as he strongly defended the tax proposals in the Finance Bill, 2026.
The changes which were supposed to have been effected by now through a Tax Laws (Amendment) Bill are supposed to increase tax-free income from the current Sh24,000 a month to Sh30,000.
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