Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta rejected a finance bill on Thursday, which would have postponed an unpopular 16% tax on fuel for two years. This had led to strikes and widespread anger.
The president will address the matter during a speech later today.
Parliament will also reconsider the bill “together with the reservations of the president” on 18 September, according to a gazette notice signed by the national assembly speaker, Justin Muturi, Reuters reports.
The levy on all petroleum products was introduced at the beginning of this month.
It is part of a government effort to boost revenue collection and to slim its fiscal deficit and secure a loan facility with the International Monetary Fund.
