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Traders condemn CS plan to tax 'keg'

Bar and liquor traders have criticised Treasury CS Ukur Yatani’s proposal to slap 20 per cent tax on a low cost beer - Senator Keg.

Addressing journalists in Narok, Bars, Hotels and Liquor Traders Association national vice chair Charles Nasieku said the tax would make the beer too expensive for low-end consumers and drive them to illicit brews.

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