Nairobi, June 15 -- The National Treasury has remained silent on earlier promised tax reforms aimed at improving equity and predictability, including cuts to value-added tax (VAT) and corporation tax.

The measures form part of the medium-term revenue strategy (MTRS), whose implementation enters its final year in the fiscal cycle beginning July 1, 2026.

The pending tax concessions include a widely anticipated review of pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) rates for low-income earners. The measure was notably absent from Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi's 2026/27 Budget Statement presented in the National Assembly last week.

Tax analysts criticised the Treasury for omitting the concessions, which are viewed as incentives for growth and investment...