{"id":109393,"date":"2025-02-03T09:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T09:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/02\/03\/weve-actually-improved-peoples-pay-mbadi-downplays-exaggerated-concerns-over-thinning-payslips\/"},"modified":"2025-02-03T09:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T09:03:07","slug":"weve-actually-improved-peoples-pay-mbadi-downplays-exaggerated-concerns-over-thinning-payslips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/weve-actually-improved-peoples-pay-mbadi-downplays-exaggerated-concerns-over-thinning-payslips\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019ve actually improved people\u2019s pay\u2019: Mbadi downplays \u2018exaggerated\u2019 concerns over thinning payslips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 3 \u2013 Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has downplayed concerns over degradation of pay slips of salaried Kenyans through increased deductions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mbadi argued the tax laws introduced by the Treasury in December in 2024 are an improvement over those implemented by the previous administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have actually improved people\u2019s pay slips; it\u2019s only that sometimes we exaggerate discussions about pay slips getting thinner,\u201d he told NTV\u2019s <em>Fixing The Nation<\/em> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The Mbadi-led Treasury introduced changes governing deductions for the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) and the Housing Levy\u2014changes that critics argue are further straining the already stretched pay slips of Kenyan taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>These changes include deducting SHIF and the Housing Levy from workers\u2019 gross salaries before taxation, a departure from the previous system that provided a 15 percent tax relief on these contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua criticized the government, claiming it was over-taxing Kenyan workers, thereby reducing their pay slips and weakening their purchasing power.<\/p>\n<p>Gachagua vowed to \u201crestore the dignity\u201d of Kenyan workers\u2019 earnings, pledging that a future administration under his leadership would reverse these changes.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mbadi refuted Gachagua\u2019s claims, asserting that his remarks were misleading and failed to acknowledge the positive aspects of the new tax system.<\/p>\n<p>Mbadi insisted the new tax laws had reduced the overall tax burden on taxpayers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 3 \u2013 Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has downplayed concerns over degradation of pay slips of salaried Kenyans through increased deductions. Mbadi argued the tax laws introduced by the Treasury in December in 2024 are an improvement over those implemented by the previous administration. \u201cWe have actually improved people\u2019s pay slips; it\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109393\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}