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Farmers to pay Sh5 for every Sh100 they make in tax plan

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Mercy Wangechi plucking tea at her farm in Nyeri. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Farmers around the country will part with at least Sh5 for every Sh100 they make in new radical revenue-raising proposals by the Kenya Kwanza administration.

The President William Ruto administration reckons its newly published proposals for expanding the tax base among farmers are timely as according to it farmers have not been paying their fair share of taxes.

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