Taxation policies, particularly those affecting essential sectors like rental income and informal businesses, can generate significant public backlash and political consequences, as demonstrated by Kenya's Finance Bill 2026 which sparked widespread protests and threatened President William Ruto's political future.
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STATEHOUSE ERUPTS! RUTO SHOCKED AS WANTAM CHANTS FORCE DRAMATIC WALKOUT OVER FINANCE BILLHinzugefügt:
[music] >> Hm?
Yes, um inner family, welcome back. I am hoping you're okay. Now, the Finance Bill 2026 is actually going to send William Ruto home.
The other issue that has been raised is the issue of rental income tax.
I don't know where these I don't know where they got it from.
The rental income tax is still at 7.
5%.
It's not 10%.
Maybe someone came across some drafts.
And by the way, I have no issues with my officers releasing some information that are still being cooked because this is a transparent uh office. But tax proposals come.
They are processed by my team.
And I approve them.
Before I approve any tax proposal, it is not a proposal.
Experts argue that it is even easy it is even worse than the last Finance Bill that saw Kenyans going on streets to demonstrate. Remember, Finance Bill 2024, where people they did this broke into the Parliament.
>> [cheering] [cheering] >> Wakamunya vitu because the president refused to listen to them.
And this Finance Bill Badi, the CS Finance anasema kwamba um mitumba, simu, and kila kitu. Rent tax inapanda.
Tell me why wanamumunya komba, alafu wanaongeza tax on mitumba. And do you know how now it's going to work? do you know how now it's going to work? Come on when I import Like when I estimate the value of the income that you will make from that bill and I love you when I could have been shot tax on the spot.
What does that mean for you as the trader?
As profit first of all it a Google the only alternative that you have to go and get the water when you want to depend on Google.
I mean it's a weird thing because we can be a textile manufacturing company. I mean we grow cotton right like any when I want private attacks company and buses to say they are afraid of to invest on EPZ. So that we can depend on second hand clothes so that they can tax the second hand clothes more. In the economy of bottom going up guys.
Bottom going up.
Return of Kenyatta three point Okay, you see just imagine with the current situation in Kenya still the president has the guts to raise tax for video.
Your finance bill before time we tour we reject. As in what? What is this?
Mhm?
My people you see now I don't know whether whether people will manage to live >> [snorts] >> in Nairobi or in or even Kisumu or Mombasa or any town any big town, okay?
Because come on rent in a panda there are no no jobs food in a panda everything in a panda and even M-Pesa rates is set to go up.
So how will people live in Kenya? And I'm telling you what this is now going to take William to Sugoi. I'm a Jew.
You see even the mood right now the mood the mood I can give you a good example.
Right now we are having Right now we are having by-elections both in Okalo and in the king including the king where it is perceived to be Ruto's stronghold because they I mean John John Agweno the late was actually I come to UDA.
>> [screaming] [screaming] [cheering] >> Okay, I come to Ruto.
So I was splitting the ground there to be to be Ruto's people. But now probably the king DCP may take over.
Because people are not that much but it is because people say that we will go to any option but not Ruto.
Okay, yes that's the reality.
As in people are tired in our president.
Find the Ruto and Gachagua like I repeat Wa Shindani Gachagua will beat Ruto hands down.
I don't think so.
Okay, because everywhere in this country no one with his same mind would want the president to to go back to power. No one wants that.
Because he has really messed everything.
Because let me let me ask you a question.
Remember tax is It's going to happen here.
Then we are seeing every time he signs deals.
Huh? And I took my loans over Cuba.
Okay? So people ask themselves, then our taxes and our money because it simply means that someone somewhere and I could have a zoo. Yes.
Because the president told Kenyans that I will over tax you because I don't want to borrow money from abroad. Which of course to me sounded unreasonable.
Because then it's easy. Yes. Over taxes but don't you go there now.
But you see he is doing the reverse. He is over taxing us.
At the same time he is taking you know loans. After the protest of 2024, the government learned something that visible taxes create anger. But tax surveillance increases tax collection.
With its 60 clauses, this year's finance bill 2026 may be the smartest and perhaps the most finance bill ever because of what it aims to achieve. One, automating tax compliance, expanding tax surveillance, expanding KRA's powers, and shifting towards taxing digital earnings and mitumba imports. This finance bill no longer relies on obvious taxes. It relies on compliance and digital surveillance. It wants to know your income before you declare it. KRA is perhaps being transformed from a tax collector into a data surveillance engine. Collecting data from your phone such as your your business transactions.
So it simply means that because if you ask me, I tell you that I'll tell you that like there's no development. Then of course I can say my when you have to make a living because you see now um Urus time of course Urus time we got a machine. I agree with that.
But we could see SGR.
We could see super highway.
Something tangible.
Something You see?
Conspicuous.
But this time, maybe you tell me me I am I am not seeing anything. Honestly, I am not seeing I am not seeing any anything.
Okay? And if you don't know, you should know that we are in a big mess.
Okay?
>> [snorts] >> That needs to be solved next year.
We are in a dire situation.
Because William Ruto has really messed this country.
You know clearly.
Whether you love him, you hate him, the truth is this.
This is about statistics, not about loving someone or hating someone. It's about at the end of a sabu.
So, this you know, finance bill, actually, this is the time now Ruto has really sealed his fate that indeed he is going home whether he likes it or hates it. But no one is going to sit down and watch him win the next election. It It won't happen. Okay? And I think this is going to be a very historic election. Because we're going to see a president who is actually struggling to win his re-election against Kenyans who are hungry who just want him out of office.
Kenyans who have reasons to send him home.
Okay? Kenyans who are tired of him, who are saying no.
You will wallow, but we are taking this man home because he has really messed every sector of this economy. Okay? So, if you are the PR, you see Ruto is a PR man. Kuja apa, PR uongo.
Nowadays, the PR has failed as in there's nowhere you will go and talk and people listen because you see now, um even wherever he goes right now, he has to hire crowds. And this crowd are the PR one I am heckling.
Anyway, it's so bad, people. It's so bad.
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