Kenyan consumers of excisable goods – beer, soft drinks and bottled water – will pay more this year as the excise duty stamp will cost $0.01 per unit (KS1.5) which will drive up manufacturing costs.
The manufacturers argue that they are being forced to spend about $1 million to change their manufacturing lines to accommodate the new-generation tax stamp system; and as a result, the cost will be passed on to consumers.
“We have been paying tax, excise duty, and other levies imposed by the Kenya Bureau of Standards). It is a major scam,” a manufacturer was quoted by Kenyan newspaper, the Business Daily, as saying.
