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Water refill vendors now sue taxman over excise duty

Times Tower building in Nairobi which hosts Kenya Revenue Authority offices. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Water vendors have sued the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) in battle over excise duty levied on water refills.

The petitioners, led by Ms Faith Kamau and Ms Esther Kwamboka, argue that it is illegal for KRA to demand tax from vendors since refilling water is not a manufacturing process.

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