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Kenya shelves tax on solar power
2014-06-12 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Solar power companies have welcomed a move by the Kenyan government to scrap VAT on their products, delivering a significant cost reduction on increasingly popular solar lights and phone chargers. Last autumn, the Kenyan government introduced VAT of 16 per cent on all solar products. But the move prompted complaints from the UK-based charity SolarAid, which warned that the levy would make its solar products inaccessible to poorer families. Working with the World Bank-backed initiative Lighting...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical