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Sugarcane and tea farmers were the biggest winners in the 2016-17 budget after the Government removed taxes on their products.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich removed transactional tax on the two products after the Government realised that farmers were losing income. "In order to improve farmers' earnings, I propose to remove these levies,” said Rotich yesterday in his budget speech.
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