Illicit cigarette trade costs Kenya Sh47bn in lost tax revenue, study finds
The research estimates that the lost revenue could have funded key government programmes, including the construction of about 48,000 affordable houses, the purchase of 19 million bags of subsidised fertiliser or 12 million bags of maize.
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[Claude] Report 2 covers the same study and Ksh 47 billion lost-tax figure as Report 1, adding the programme comparisons without contradicting it.
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