Kenya Risks Return to Deadly Protests With $1 Billion Tax Plan

Kenya’s government plans to introduce tax measures to help raise nearly $1 billion, risking a return to protests stoked by similar proposals two years ago.

The tax measures would yield 120.3 billion shillings ($931 million), according to budget estimates presented to lawmakers by the Treasury in its Finance Bill 2026.

In 2024, it tried but failed to introduce $2.7 billion worth of measures after Gen Z anti-government protests that left at least 60 people dead. In the following year, it stepped down significantly to just $232 million.

The National Assembly is yet to publish a schedule of this year’s tax ...