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Counterfeit products cost Kenya Sh30 billion in revenue

NAIROBI, KENYA: The sudden increase in counterfeit and unlicensed products like alcoholic and illicit brews in circulation in Kenya is robbing the country over Shs30 billion in annual revenue. This is because illicit dealers do not pay tax yet they shrink revenues of those who genuinely pay taxes.

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