The Kenya Revenue Authority is set to review the $500 tax for personal items subjected to customs duty.
This is after an uproar from Kenyans when KRA moved to implement the East African Community Customs Management Act, of 2004.
The Act compels travellers into Kenya to pay customs for personal goods.
Speaking on Friday, Government Spokesman Isaac Mwaura said the government has had a conversation with KRA to review the fee.
"This $500 (Sh75,000) threshold is an East Africa Customs regulation and I have engaged KRA and we have had conversations, that law is going to be reviewed because the standard is $10,000 (Sh1.5 million)," he said.
KRA instituted the directive that has seen travellers arriving into the country from international destinations to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport with personal items worth USD500 and above, which is equivalent to Sh75,000 taxed.
Mwaura apologised to travellers who might have been affected by the KRA's move.
Currently, individuals are allowed to carry personal or household items worth $500 (Sh75, 425 at current exchange rate) and below.
Anything above the amount is subjected to taxation.
Taxation of new items whose total value exceeds $500 is under the East African Community Customs Management Act, meaning Kenya will have to consult with other member states to effect a higher limit.
Kenya and the EAC however seem to have a higher limit compared to countries like South Africa which allows goods valued up to 5,000 rands which is $271 or Sh41, 101 and Nigeria at $63.49 (Sh9, 593).
