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Finally, it is pay time and this is how it will hurt you

Treasury CS Henry Rotich during the opening of KIPPRA annual regional conference 2018 in Nairobi. [David Njaaga/Standard]

Life just got tougher for millions of poor households following sweeping changes in new taxation measures to be unveiled by National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich this afternoon.

He will impose Value Added Tax on essential commodities such as milk and bread that have been previously exempt, raising their prices by about a fifth in his plans to raise nearly Sh1.8 trillion.

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