Blow to Kenyans as court declines to to suspend housing levy

The High Court has declined to issue orders stopping the imposition of the affordable housing levy that is currently at the rate of 1.5% of gross salary as provided in the Act.

Justice Olga Sewe, John Chigiti and Josephine Mong’are considered among other issues arguments advanced by the state that it would be difficult to reverse the effects if the orders were granted because contracts have already been signed and infrastructure projects initiated.

“We have no doubt that the affordable housing levy is a matter that has generated a lot of public interest. We are also convinced that the public interest tilts in favour of not granting the order but in prioritizing these petitions for hearing and determination,” they said.

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