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Importation of rice and chicken is to be restricted by 40% in the 2023 mid-year budget to be presented by the finance minister on July 25, 2023. The finance minister is expected to provide the details when he presents the budget to parliament. This will be captured among other new taxes and levies expected to be introduced. However various trade unions have asked the government not to dare to introduce new taxes as citizens are already bearing the brunt of the existing ones. During the presentation of the 2023 budget statement and economic policy to parliament on Thursday, November 24,…