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Cargo transporters ask Treasury to suspend fuel tax

Pavel Oimeke, ERC Director General

Cargo transporters in Kenya have asked the government to suspend next month’s planned implementation of the 16 per cent VAT on petroleum products as this will increase the cost of doing business.

Through the lobby group Kenya Transporters Association (KTA), cargo firms and transporters say the proposed introduction of the tax will price out Kenyan firms in the regional market.

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