MPs move to bar Chinese fish with 20pc excise tax

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A fishmonger sorts out fish at the Fresh Fish Market in Kisumu County. FILE PHOTO | TONNY OMONDI | NMG

Fish importers will pay a 20 percent excise duty if MPs approve changes to the law aimed at protecting the local fish industry from cheap imports from China and Europe.

Alego Usonga MP Samuel Atandi wants the First Schedule of the Excise Duty Act, 2015 amended to introduce excise duty on imported fish.

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