The Cabinet raises limit for untaxed traveller items

Passengers at JKIA

International arrivals passengers queue for screening at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in early November last year. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

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The Cabinet has approved a higher value of personal effects that travellers can bring into Kenya without being taxed, offering relief to those inconvenienced by seizures by tax agents at various ports of entry.

The move is expected to benefit many citizens who come back with goods of small value from abroad.

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