The government has announced a raft of measures aimed at reducing the cost of living at the household level.
This will include the reduction of import duty for energy efficient stoves from 25 percent to 10 percent.
The duty reduction will also align the energy efficient stoves with similar stoves and cookers that use gas, electricity and other fuels that attract import duty at 10 percent.
Rotich also announced the exemption for VAT on cooking gas. However, Rotich has re-introduced excise duty on kerosene which will be at Sh7,205 per 1000 litres to curb fuel adulteration, which he says is on the rise.
The removal of excise duty on kerosene in 2011 was intended to cushion low-income earners against high prices of this petroleum product. However, the removal of the tax has since resulted in increased adulteration of fuel in the country.
The government has removed all levies to tea and sugar farmers which are usually taxed by their governing institutions adding that the later will now be funded by the government.
Dairy farmers also have a reason to smile after the removal of VAT on raw materials for animal feed which he says has continued to keep the feeds at high costs.