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The government has proposed a raft of measures to reduce the cost of living and spur economic growth in line with the bottom up agenda. The revised Finance Bill that is set to be tabled in parliament ahead of the budget reading in June proposes, among other items, tax exemptions on cooking gas as well as introduction excise duty on imported fish and furniture. A move they hope will spur the local economic value chains
Government to focus on growing value chains in the new financial year
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