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122 Yes, 40 No, 187 Absent: How Kenya Passed the Finance Bill 2026
The National Assembly has 349 members. On the most consequential vote of the year, 162 turned up. The absence is the story.
A 1.5 Per Cent Tax on Mitumba Is a Political Decision, Not a Fiscal One
The revenue from a levy on second-hand clothing is small. The number of people whose margins it touches is not, and that asymmetry is the whole story.
Kenya's Finance Bill 2026: What's In It, and Who Pays
Another Finance Bill, another round of public anger. This one is smaller than 2024's and lands on a public that has stopped giving governments the benefit of the doubt.
The People's Budget: Kenya's Opposition Costs an Alternative
Kenya's opposition has proposed an alternative economic plan. Costed alternatives are rare in Kenyan politics and worth taking seriously, including where they do not add up.