Nation | by Brian Ambani and James Kariuki
Beer distributors want a planned increase of excise duty on 31 products suspended to support revival of liquor-related businesses now counting losses since Covid-19 struck.
They said a directive to close bars had seen sales fall by 39 percent where business worth Sh21 billion has been lost since March forcing them to lay off workers.
KRA in August said it would increase excise tax on alcohol using inflation rate figures from financial year 2019/2020…
