Assembly halts trade fee hike : The Standard

The county assembly has ordered increase of trade licence fees be stopped until finance legislation is passed. MCAs want the charges contained in the Finance Act, 2016, be maintained. Deputy Speaker Steve Simba directed County Assembly Clerk Jim Kauma to write to the Finance and Economic Planning Executive instructing him to stop any unauthorised increase in levies charged on traders. Mr Simba reiterated that any licence levies should be grounded in the law and any increase contrary to the Finance Act, 2016, is illegal.

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He said the Finance Committee would be allocated time to finalise  the Finance Bill, 2018, this month before the 2019/2020 budget is tabled in the assembly. Kagaari South MCA Robert Ireri, who had sought a statement on the status of the Finance Bill, urged the Speaker to give a time-frame within which the document would be presented to the House for debate. “The committee should know our people are really suffering from overcharging of licence levies,” said Ireri.

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