The quality of data used to make decisions in the manufacturing sector has been put to question, even as manufacturers tabled their case before the government to remove taxes on inputs.

Investments, Trade and Industry Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui, while agreeing that the country’s tax regime is unfriendly to businesses, also questioned the quality of data presented to the government by the players in the private sector for decision making.

He said he understands the tradition where businesses operate several books that when an entity like a bank or the government asks for data, they present different books to either.