Consumers could soon pay less for potatoes, eggs, and onions as the government proposes to remove import taxes on the products sourced from East Africa, a decision that is however expected to rattle local farmers.
Treasury Cabinet Secretary (CS) Njuguna Ndung’u, while delivering the 2024/25 financial year speech before Parliament, proposed the removal of the 25 percent excise duty introduced on the products last year, which affected trade relations between Kenya and her neighbours.
