The High Court has extended orders suspending the implementation of the Housing Levy fund until next week on Monday. Justice Maureen Onyango also ordered that three other petitions filed on the fund be consolidated. The fund seeks to deduct 1.5 per cent of the gross salary of employees in the formal sector towards a housing levy fund. In April, the Labour Court issued temporary orders suspending the fund's implementation until a case opposing it by the Consumer Federation of Kenya (Cofek) was heard and determined. Kurauka said the Housing Fund levy is illegal, unconstitutional, discriminatory, oppressive, irrational and without basis and is not a priority to Kenyans.

Source: The Star May 20, 2019 08:48 UTC