World Bank Pushes for Carbon and Sin Taxes to Help Kenya Cut Debt and Pollution

[Nairobi Wire - Kenya] - 30/05/2025
The World Bank is urging Kenya to adopt a carbon tax and significantly raise excise taxes on harmful products such as alcohol, tobacco, and sugar-sweetened beverages. The move, according to the Bank, would help reduce the country’s rising public debt while addressing the environmental and health (…)
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