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Zero rate VAT on tea, packaging machinery

A tea farmer affiliated with Gathuthi Tea Factory delivers his produce at Ndugamano Tea Buying Collection Center. [Kibata Kihu, Standard]

Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture Peter Munya has said the government will zero-rate Value Added Tax on tea in order to boost value added exports as well as increase consumption of locally packed tea.

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