State scraps Sh1,000 health fee for tea, coffee exports

Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe updates the nation on Covid-19 in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE

The State has scrapped fees on plant health certificates for tea, coffee, herbs and food spices in a move aimed at easing cross-border trade in the commodities.

Health Secretary Mutahi Kagwe in amendments to the Public Health (Fees) Rules 2001, has exempted all tea, coffee, herbs exports and imports of food spices from the charge in a move that reduces the costs incurred by traders.

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