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House team shines spotlight on 2020 tax waiver for manufacturer

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Treasury PS Chris Kiptoo during a past appearance in Parliament. He said the law was followed in granting a tax waiver to a manufacturer. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

The Treasury and the Attorney General's office are under scrutiny over a decision made in 2019 to grant Blue Nile Rolling Mills Limited tax exemptions allegedly amounting to billions of shillings.

Members of the National Assembly Committee on Delegated Legislation said the award was done against the law and without the involvement of Parliament, which is required to develop and pass laws to effect the tax exemption.

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