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Beer makers want State to take a sober view on taxes

MPs Tuesday met beer manufacturers with a view to entice them to invest in cheap drinks for the low-income earners. The House Committee of Finance, Planning and Trade and officials of the three firms held a two-hour meeting at Parliament Building in Nairobi.

Senior managers of Keroche Industries, London Distillers and the Kenya Wine Agencies Limited told the committee that the low-income market was lucrative, only that the pricing made the drinks out of reach for the common man.

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