Nairobi, Jan. 25 -- I am troubled about taxes. For I see, now, we are set along the same inequitable path, without the political will to address it. Yet this game of the few paying for everyone is crippling for our development.

The problem begins with tax legitimacy. How many Kenyans believe in complying with tax regulations? Well, according to a survey in 2021 by Afrobarometer, 58 per cent do, although this is far from evenly spread.

Low spots are Nairobi and the former Central Province, where only a minority support tax compliance.

Even so, there is a nationwide gulf between the 58 per cent who say they support tax compliance, and the 7.5 percent of Kenyans actually registered to pay income tax.

Yet, tackling the breadth of our info...