KRA says the Sh3.2 million benchmark is provided for under the East African Community Customs Management Act's customs valuation framework and is not a new tax or a law passed by Parliament.

The future of tax enforcement should be better targeting, not simply higher thresholds. That is not being lenient on tax evasion; it is making enforcement smarter.

Nairobi traders’ protests against the Kenya Revenue Authority’s decision to increase the minimum tax yield on 40-foot containers of consolidated general cargo from Sh2.5 million…