Meat, alcohol, sugar prices increase on new EAC tax
The move is meant to discourage imports and stimulate local production within bloc.
Source: nation.africa
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The move is meant to discourage imports and stimulate local production within bloc.
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The new policy is bound to lead to scarcity of goods in the country and will trigger inflation, they warned.