Sectors hit hardest hit by anti-tax protests revealed

A welder cuts through a piece of metal at a mobile phone shop under repairs which was broken into located at RnG Plaza along Ronald Ngala Street on July 4, 2024. 

Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group

Retailers, construction firms, and farmers were the hardest-hit by the countrywide anti-government demos, which have paralysed business in major towns, findings of a closely watched survey have suggested.

 The sectors bore the brunt of anxiety over new and higher tax proposals in the now-dropped Finance Bill 2024, with overall private sector sales falling at the steepest pace in seven months.

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