{"id":49855,"date":"2024-06-06T14:02:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/54pc-of-kenyans-aware-of-finance-bill-infotrak-study-shows\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T14:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T14:02:58","slug":"54pc-of-kenyans-aware-of-finance-bill-infotrak-study-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/54pc-of-kenyans-aware-of-finance-bill-infotrak-study-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"54pc of Kenyans aware of Finance Bill, Infotrak study shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 6 \u2013 54 percent of Kenyans across the country are familiar with the of the Finance Bill 2024 according to a recent survey by Infotrak. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The study further shows that 62 percent of respondents in the Central Region are aware of the bill even as the Eastern regions scored the lowest at 41 percent. <\/p>\n<p>According to the research conducted in May 2024, 59 percent of men have been informed about the contentious Bill compared to their female counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn awareness of the Finance Bill 2024 we had 54 percent conversant with the Bill while 46 percent mentioned not to be aware of it. The male gender also is more aware of the Finance Bill than the female gender,\u201d said Infotrak research manager  Johvine Wanyingo.<\/p>\n<p>The pollsters revealed that the majority of respondents in the central region representing 62 percent were aware of the Finance Bill 2024 compared to other regions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c62 percent of Kenyans in the Central region are aware of the finance Bill 2024 unlike other regions\u00a0 in terms of awareness .This is a clear indication of the rate of sensitization and education that goes on in the regions\u00a0 in regard to the Bill,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Infotrak said adults aged 46-55 years, often more engaged in financial matters, were most aware of the Finance Bill while 54 percent of Kenyans in the north eastern region had the least awareness of the proposed law that seeks to generate more revenue for the Kenya Kwanza government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegarding the perceived impact of the Finance Bill on Kenya\u2019s Economy, we had 85 percent of respondents from North Eastern who mentioned that the Bill t won\u2019t have any impact,\u201d stated Wanyingo.<\/p>\n<p>81 percent of Kenyans however rejected the Introduction of motor vehicle tax of 2.5 percent of the value of the Motor Vehicle to be collected by the insurer under the new tax measures proposed in the Bill by the government while 87 percent opposed\u00a0 the 16 percent VAT proposal on Bread.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Survey 86 percent of Kenyans also opposed the 16 percent VAT on financial and insurance services and transactions including M_Pesa on the proposed law.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 6 \u2013 54 percent of Kenyans across the country are familiar with the of the Finance Bill 2024 according to a recent survey by Infotrak. The study further shows that 62 percent of respondents in the Central Region are aware of the bill even as the Eastern regions scored the lowest at [&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-49855","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\/49855","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=49855"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49855\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}