With a fertility rate between 4.5 and 6.5, just 312%0% sending four children to school would require 23.6% Source: Ministry of of the household income for public schools and Education (2018) 69.2% of the household income for private schools, forcing families to prioritise among other pressing needs and very often, among members of the family, with boys often being preferred over girls.21 Is the sp. [...] At the same time US$3.9 there has been a marginal reduction in the overreliance TAX billion in indirect taxes – which suggests that the overall tax system has become marginally less regressive.* 20% However, Kenya scores the lowest in the East Africa region on the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index for progressive taxation, and should do more to reduce the burden of taxation from the poorest.. [...] 10,00036 newly qualified Kenya gives away a very large amount of revenue through secondary teachers – helping to fill an estimated gap of a series of generous corporate tax incentives, which have 60,00037 in 2019 at secondary been shown to have little impact on investment decisions level in Kenya; by corporations.30 These come in the form of tax breaks to large corporations, including in the Econo. [...] Increasing the SHARE of the budget allocated to education, by continuing to exceed the UNESCO’s benchmarks of 20% of national budget and/or 6% of GDP. [...] Increasing the SIZE of the overall budget, maximizing the availability of resources for investment in public education by: • Mitigating the effect of macro-economic policies that limit the amounts available for public spending (e.g.
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