Kenya's CMA urges reinstatement of preferential tax rates

CMA Director Luke Ombara

Capital Markets Authority Policy and Strategy Director Luke Ombara. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU | NMG

Kenya’s Capital Markets Authority (CMA) is pushing for the return of the graduated preferential tax rates for new public listings in a move to encourage firms to list on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE).

The preferential tax rates were scrapped through the 2020 Tax Laws Amendment Bill, effectively removing a key incentive that encouraged companies to go public.