{
  "id": 18648590,
  "title": "Illicit cigarette trade costs Kenya Ksh47 billion in lost taxes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/07/illicit-cigarette-trade-costs-kenya-ksh47-billion-in-lost-taxes",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-07T05:25:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/business/illicit-cigarette-trade-costs-kenya-ksh47-billion-in-lost-taxes"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Kenya lost an estimated Ksh47 billion in tax revenue to the illicit cigarette trade between 2021 and 2025, with nearly half of all cigarettes consumed in the country last year coming from illegal sources, a new study has revealed. Research conducted by global market research firm Kantar and commissioned by British American Tobacco (BAT) Kenya […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}