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Kenyan lawmakers debate proposed gambling tax rates in bill

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Kenya’s National Assembly debated proposals on gambling taxes during the Second Reading of the Gambling Control Bill 2023, according to the report. A committee proposed cutting the gross gaming revenue tax from 15% to 13% and removing a separate 1% charge, while Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah argued for a rate of about 25%. The bill also proposes consolidating several taxes into one rate.

Operators may face a different tax structure if lawmakers adopt the competing proposals in the bill.

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Paraguay Senate continues debate on proposed DINAJZAR regulator

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