Milk prices set to rise as regulator doubles processors levy

A worker tests the quality of milk delivered at the Kiganjo New KCC factory. FILE PHOTO | NMG 

Dairy sector regulator has proposed an increase in levies charged on dairy processors, setting the stage for an increase in milk prices.

The proposal, made through Miscellaneous Amendments Bill (2017), proposes the scrapping of levies that processors and producers pay to the Kenya Diary Board in favour of a one per cent charge on the factory price of a kilogramme of processed milk and other dairy products.

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