This may tempt one to dismiss her case when talking about the suffering low income earners and casual labourers in town, but far from it. Njoki parts with fees for the nanny and money for lunch for the two, often a total of Sh400. This budget is going to be an additional weight on the backs of Kenyans who are struggling to make ends meet. It also proposes to subject income earned by the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) to income tax. What’s worse is that most of these people, solely dependent on their small businesses, are staring at starvation, what with Covid-19 wreaking havoc and reducing people’s purchasing power.

Source: Standard Digital June 10, 2020 17:36 UTC