Realising smart fiscal policy to support electricity for all Tuesday April 20 2021 By PATRICK TONUI Summary The Government of Kenya has been under growing pressure to increase its tax revenues over the past few years. The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated what was already a challenge for the Treasury. The Government of Kenya has been under growing pressure to increase its tax revenues over the past few years. The Covid-19 pandemic exacerbated what was already a challenge for the Treasury. In 2020, the government adopted several fiscal measures aimed at increasing tax revenues, many of which were quite unprecedented such as the minimum tax and, in our case, the removal of existing value-added tax (VAT) exemptions on renewable energy technologies including solar, wind and clean cooking technologies.