Beer cheaper in Uganda, Tanzania on reduced cost of excise stamps

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A worker stacking crates of beer at one of the Uganda Breweries Ltd sales point in Kampala, Uganda. PHOTO | MORGAN MBABAZI | NMG

More Kenyans living in border points may find it pocket-friendly to cross into Tanzania and Uganda for a beer after the two countries slashed the price of excise stamps, one of the cost components of the beverage.

Tanzania last month lowered the excise stamps affixed on excisable goods including beer and spirits, pushing down the cost of producing a tipple.