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Farmers, MPs up in arms over tax proposal on farm produce

A maize farm along Eldoret -Langas Estate in Eldoret Uasin Gishu County. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]

A proposal by Treasury Cabinet Secretary Njuguna Ndung'u to tax Sh5 for every Sh100 worth farm produce has been greeted with resistance from the stakeholders in the agricultural sector.

While justifying the establishment of the proposals, Ndung'u claims the agricultural sector is under taxed.

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