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MPs reject push to scrap VAT on books

By Alphonce Shiundu | May. 12, 2016

NAIROBI, KENYA: A parliamentary committee yesterday rejected the push to scrap the 16 per cent value-added tax that was imposed on textbooks three years ago.

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