It's a mixed bag for farmers despite Finance Bill review

Alice Achieng' Odhiambo tills her farm at Pap Nyadiel, Alego, in Siaya County. [File, Standard]

It is a mixed bag for the agricultural sector after MPs made major amendments to the Finance Bill, 2024.

At a press conference on Tuesday after the Kenya Kwanza Parliamentary Group Meeting, Finance and National Planning Committee Chairman Kuria Kimani announced the significant scrapping of several provisions in the Bill, including a 35 per cent excise duty on packaging materials, which would have affected value-added products such as tea.