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Manufacturers have their way as MPs drop disputed levies

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Youth engaged police in running battles during the anti-tax protests in Nairobi CBD on June 20, 2024. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Kenyan manufacturers have won big as Parliament's Finance and National Planning Committee strikes out several proposed levies from the Finance Bill 2024.

In its report tabled yesterday in Parliament, the Committee conceded to nearly all the objections raised by manufacturers who had criticised the Bill as detrimental to the local manufacturing sector.

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