How mitumba and corruption put Kenya on Trump tax list

Traders selling Second-hand clothes.

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A 35 percent tariff on second-hand clothes, graft, and a series of temporary tax waivers to curb rises in domestic food prices are among key trade barriers flagged by the US, prompting President Donald Trump to hit Kenya with a 10 percent reciprocal tariff on Wednesday.

Kenya is among 180 countries that were on Monday captured in a report on trade partners whose policies and regulations the US regards as trade barriers.

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