Why 24-hour surveillance plan is unnerving goods makers

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Times Tower in Nairobi, the headquarters of Kenya Revenue Authority. FILE PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

A plan by the taxman to compel manufacturers to install new internet-enabled cameras at beer, mineral water and cosmetics production plants is facing resistance amid a concerted push to seal leakages in excise duty collections.

The draft Excise Duty (Amendment) Regulations 2023 seeks to overhaul the monitoring and measuring systems at factories with a view of giving the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) round-the-clock access to their operations in real-time.

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