Kenyan Officials Urged to Waive Taxes on Goods for HIV-Positive People
The Action for Empowerment Organization—a Christian child-advocacy group—asked government officials in Kenya yesterday, December 18, to waive taxes on goods brought into the country for people living with HIV, the Daily Nation reports (nationmedia.com, 12/18).
Sam Tushabe, the group’s international coordinator, spoke yesterday at the opening of the Action for Empowerment Organization’s Kenya office, which is located in the industrial town of Webuye.
The Daily Nation reports that taxing drugs, clothes and food for children and families living with or affected by HIV/AIDS further endangers the country’s most vulnerable populations.
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"I'm HIV positive and diabetic (as well as have high cholesterol) and some of my meds specify taking them with 'high fat foods' which I have to do twice a day. I've eaten as healthy as possible, but when it comes to high fat foods, I am in a quandary...about what to eat sometimes..."
