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State removes tax on cooking gas to ease cost of living

The Government has removed tax on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) – commonly known as cooking gas. The move is meant to increase the number of Kenyans using clean energy and reduce the cost of living.. This is after President Uhuru Kenyatta assented to the Finance Bill 2016, which among others regulate taxation measures in respect of gaming, betting and competition. Other major amendments in the Finance Act, 2016 include the removal of excise duty on locally assembled motor vehicles and motor cycles to promote assembly; tax amnesty for taxpayers who have investments outside Kenya to reinvest back home; VAT exemption for park entry fees and tour operator services to promote tourism; VAT Exemption for inputs for manufacture of animal feeds, aimed at reducing the cost of the feeds and reduction of income tax corporate tax rate from 30 per cent to 15 per cent for investors who put up more than 400 residential housing units to promote housing development. Further amendments include the

11 Habits You Need to Stop Doing

Stop watching too much TV If you spend too much time watching TV, you are wasting your life away. I feel really strongly about this one. I don’t have cable, and while I do watch some shows on Netflix, it’s few and far between. I only watch TV after I really am relaxed and need a break. I’m also careful not to turn on the TV right when I get home. I find that if I do this, I’m sucked in. This is why I keep my reading list and focus on reading good books instead. So, start to pay attention to how much TV you’re watching. If you think it’s too much, cut back. Limit your TV intake to 30 minutes to 1 hour per day, if possible. Stop talking about people behind their backs Talking about someone behind her back is a bad idea for a number of reasons. First, if someone is talking to you behind someone else’s back, you can bet on it that they also will talk about you. Second, did you know that when you talk about someone negatively, the person who you’re talking to will associate yo