Clear, commercial tax advice for international groups operating in or investing through Kenya, delivered by specialists who understand both Kenyan legislation and the realities of doing business across East Africa.
Nairobi’s infrastructure, talent base and treaty network make it an attractive platform for regional operations. But Kenya’s tax system is complex, evolving rapidly and actively enforced by a revenue authority that is expanding its reach.
The Kenya Revenue Authority has strengthened its audit function, tightened compliance requirements, and expanded its powers to access business data and enforce collection, including during appeals. At the same time, the government continues to introduce new levies and adjust rates, from digital asset taxes and digital content withholding to expanded CGT provisions and new rules on loss carry-forwards.
For multinationals and cross-border groups, understanding your Kenya exposure goes well beyond annual compliance. It requires a clear view of how Kenyan rules interact with your global structure, your intercompany arrangements and your investor returns. We provide that clarity, built on technical depth and practical experience in the market.
Kenya's tax rules on withholding, CGT, transfer pricing, VAT and digital services each carry traps for the unprepared. We map your exposure across the full structure and identify where your risks and opportunities lie.
The KRA is investing in audit capability and expanding its information-gathering powers. We help you build documented, defensible positions before scrutiny arrives, not after.
Kenya is a dynamic jurisdiction where the law changes frequently and the gap between the statute and practice on the ground can be significant. Our advice is grounded in how the system actually works, not just how it reads.
We are African and international tax specialists with teams across South Africa, Mauritius, Ireland and the wider region. Our advisers bring Big Four leadership experience and deep, practical knowledge of how Kenyan and East African tax systems apply to multinational structures.
Kenya’s position as a regional HQ location makes it a natural focus for groups expanding across East and Central Africa. We understand both the opportunity and the complexity that comes with that role, and we advise at every level of the structure, from the Kenyan operating entity through to the holding company and the investor.
African Tax Lead
Russell has over 40 years’ experience in African tax advisory including his role as a tax partner at PwC in both Nigeria and Uganda.
Russell covers various tax disciplines, including VAT and excise duties. He was a member of the Fiscal Policy Reform Committee under the last Nigerian government. He is also a non-Executive Director of a small Nigerian finance company, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria.
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