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Kenya imposes 16% added tax on all petroleum
The Kenyan government is stuck between pleasing citizens and trying to secure a loan from the IMF in a bid to raise state revenues.
Kenya imposes 16% added tax on all petroleum
A fuel pump attendant points at fuel pump during the beginning of an indefinite strike at a petrol station in downtown Nairobi, Kenya September 3, 2018. / Reuters
By Hatice Cagla Gunaydin

Kenyans are feeling the pinch from a new tax on petroleum that is part of a government effort to raise state revenues. 

The 16-percent value added tax on petroleum products tax went into effect this month. 

It has driven up prices at the pumps by about 12 percent, sparking opposition.

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