From: Business Insider
George Tubei
Unscrupulous government officials facilitated entry of the goods via Kenya’s border points.
Kenyans puffed away about 700 million fake cigarettes last year with billions of shillings in taxes going up in smoke due to illicit trade.
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However, more deadlier is the cost of life since compared to legal cigarettes approved by KRA and Kenya Bureau of Standards most counterfeit cigarettes do not meet safety standards and carry a higher risk of causing Cancer and other smoking related illness.
A woman puffs away at one of Narobi’s smoking zones. (The Guardian)
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