National Assembly invites Kenyans to submit views on Finance Bill 2025
The National Assembly has officially invited members of the public to submit their views on the Finance Bill 2025 (National Assembly Bill No. 19 of 2025) as part of its constitutional mandate to ensure public participation in the legislative process.
The bill, sponsored by Molo MP Kuria Kimani, seeks to amend several key pieces of tax legislation, including the Income Tax Act, the Value Added Tax Act, the Excise Duty Act, the Tax Procedures Act, the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act, and the Stamp Duty Act.
In a notice published in a local daily on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the clerk of the National Assembly urged Kenyans to present written memoranda on the proposed tax and revenue measures outlined in the bill, which was recently tabled in Parliament.
“The National Assembly invites you to submit your views on the Finance Bill 2025 (National Assembly Bill No. 19 of 2025),” the invitation notice reads in part.
“It is notified that the Finance Bill is a Bill sponsored by MP Kuria Kimani that seeks to amend the Income Tax Act, the Value Added Act, the Excise Duty Act, the Tax Procedures Act, the Miscellaneous Fees and Levies Act and the Stamp Duty Act.”
The Finance Bill 2025 outlines proposed changes to revenue-raising measures.
“The Bill contains proposals relating to revenue-raising measures, including provisions to ease tax administration and clean up the cross-references to provisions that have been previously repealed, in particular,” the invitation notice reads in part.
The National Assembly stated that written memoranda should include the sender’s name and contact details and be sent via email to the parliament’s official email.
The notice further indicated that the deadline for submitting views is May 27, 2025.
“Written memoranda should indicate the name of the person or organisation submitting the memo and their contact details in their email to [email protected] and [email protected],” the invitation notice reads in part.
Participation
The National Assembly Finance Committee Chair, Kuria Kimani, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, emphasised the importance of making public participation more inclusive and effective.
Speaking to a local media station, Kuria revealed that members of the Department of Budget Committee and National Planning are considering the integration of social media as a key tool for active public participation in the Finance Bill 2025.
“One of the conversations we are having as the national assembly and as a department of budget committee and national planning is that the way public participation has always been carried out is so traditional, where we thought that we scored very greatly, is calling people for a town hall meeting at KICC,” Kuria Kimani said.
“The question is how many people are willing to leave their workplaces to come to KICC and give their views? Perhaps we need to have a way of taking the feedback we get from our social media platforms as actual, active public participation. We are not saying you need to write an email.”
