Why CS Mbadi Still Wants a Mitumba Tax Even After MPs Killed It
The government’s controversial proposal to impose a five percent presumptive tax on second-hand clothing (mitumba) imports has been dropped from the Finance Bill 2026, but Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi is not letting the idea go…
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