State targets campaign cash with 25 per cent duty on helicopters, planes

Helicopters used by Jubilee leaders lead by DP WIlliam Ruto during the campaign of JAP Kericho senatorial aspirant Aaron Cheruyot at Moi Kipsitet Girls Secondary School in Kericho County on February 20, 2016. [Courtesy]

The government is angling for a piece of the billions that could be used to import helicopters ahead of the 2022 polls among a raft of tax measures targeting a wide range of consumer products.

This has been revealed in the new approved measures on import duty rates for goods entering the East African Community (EAC) region.