Poor Elijah 😏 Assuming Elijah owns a Toyota Axio valued at 1.5 Million KES, Then, the Proposed Motor Vehicle Tax means that Elijah will be paying about 37,500 KES/Year That's an average of 3,125 KES per Month which will be coughed by Elijah from the Monthly Income Remember that Elijah had paid nearly 450,000 KES at the Point of Importation of his Toyota Axio Isitoshe, driving the same vehicle requires fuel, which attracts nearly 40% in tax for every liter consumed So, if Elijah consumes like 50 Liters/Month, then, he pays taxes worth nearly 4,000 KES/Month The same vehicle is also attracting an annual insurance estimated as around 4% of the value of the vehicle The same insurance is also taxed Elijah in some cases want to evade the heavy traffic in the City, and then opts to use the Express way, the same road is tolled While Elijah would be happy to pay taxes and receive optimal services, the opposite happens He has to look for private hospitals for health care since there is sub-optimal services in the MoH Hospitals, or they are not even available in his hood He has to take his kids to a Private School, since there are Public Schools in his hood, and/or the quality is poor He has to spend days in the dark, since power reliability is becoming a big challenge He has to pay for security money in his estate, because there is no security He has to regularly visit the garage, because the roads conditions especially off the main roads are in poor condition On the contrary, his tax is being used to pay Presidential Advisors nearly 2 Billion Annually His tax is being used to make international presidential trips every 10 days His tax is being used to import sub standard fertiliser and other inputs By Elijah K. Samuel Kirichu