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CS Kuria to introduce 25 per cent levy on imported clothes to revive textile sector

Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria.[Waweru Murage,Standard]

Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has announced plans to introduce a 25 per cent levy on imported clothes in a bid to revive the local textile sector.

He made the announcement on Monday, August 14, at a textile stakeholders' forum in Eldoret.

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