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Government in court to defend VAT move on pesticides

CS Henry Rotich, Ministry of Finance

NAIROBI, KENYA: The Government has defended its move to slap farmers with Value Added Tax on agricultural pests control products.

 In Attorney General’s reply to a case filed by Agrochemicals Association of Kenya, the State argues that taxing 16 percent on pesticides among other agricultural production products will not kill the industry as had been claimed.

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