Kenyan small-scale importers protest new KRA tax plan
Cargo trucks queue at the main entrance of the Kenya Ports Authority in Mombasa. Importers of consolidated cargo are now required to pay taxes based on transaction value, in a new directive by KRA. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG
Importers of consolidated cargo will now be required to pay taxes based on transaction value, in a new directive by Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) that increases the cost of doing business and retail prices.
The directive means that items such as second-hand clothes and household goods, which end up in open-air markets such as Gikomba and Nyamakima in Nairobi, will now attract import duty, value added taxes (VAT), excise duty, Import Declaration Levy, and Railway Development Levy.
