A REPRIEVE FOR COUNTY CITIZENS FROM STRANGLEHOLDS OF THE GREEDY COUNTY GOVTS! All the new taxes introduced by governments in the 47 counties are illegal, a powerful committee of the Senate has said. The Senate’s Committee on Finance,Commerce and Economic Affairs and the National Treasury agreed to have the taxes revoked because they were sabotaging the national economy, stifling the business environment and scaring away investors. In a move likely to throw the budgets of county governments into a spin, the senators, with the support of the National Treasury now want a legal opinion of the Attorney General, Prof Githu Muigai, within the next seven days as they seek to declare null and void all the laws levying the new taxes. The senators described the new taxes that have sparked riots in some counties as unconstitutional. Principal Secretary of the National Treasury Kamau Thugge told the committee at a meeting in Nairobi’s Kenyatta International Convention Centre that none of the county governments consulted the National Treasury prior to slapping their citizens with the new taxes. “We had done a lot of work in terms of improving the business climate. We don’t want an unfriendly business polity,” said Dr Thugge yesterday. Some of the taxes levied in the counties were not in line with the national economic policy, he added. Chairman of the Senate Committee Billow Kerrow (Mandera) led senators Peter Mositet (Kajiado), Beatrice Elachi (nominated), Mutula Kilonzo Jr (Makueni), Anyang’ Nyong’o (Kisumu), Catherine Mukiite (nominated) and Bonny Khalwale (Kakamega) in piling pressure on the Treasury PS to ensure that the exorbitant county taxes were all revoked. standardmedia.co.ke/m/?articleID=2000103431&story_title=County-taxes-are-illegal-say-Senate-Treasury Atleast GOD never abandons HIS people at the hour of need !
Posted on: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:58:07 +0000
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