Blowing Hot and Cold: VAT Plan Clouds Kenya's Renewable Energy Agenda
In the the midst of loud headlines about COVID-19 and the occasional political noises, a heated debate is underway about an attempt by the government to introduce controversial new taxes in the newly published Finance Bill.
A group of six civil society organisations have now petitioned the National Assembly, protesting the plan by the government to impose Value Added Tax (VAT) on clean energy solutions including solar equipment, clean cooking stoves and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).
