Kenya’s High Court upheld the validity of a tax measure that President William Ruto is using to raise funding for affordable housing, boosting his attempts to steady the nation’s finances.

The High Court issued a decision on the Affordable Housing Act 2024, ruling it constitutional and allowing the 1.5% Housing Levy on gross salaries to proceed.

The High Court has given the way forward on the imposition of the affordable housing levy that is currently at the rate of 1.5% of gross salary as provided in the Affordable Housing Act, 2024. Justice Olga Sewe,