BE READY TO DIG MORE INTO YOUR POCKETS. The cost of living is bound to become higher for Kenyans as devolved governments implement laws that introduce taxation on things that have never been taxed in history. County governments have been drawing up new and sometimes weird tax laws to increase revenue even as the national government accuses the devolved units of failing to utilise more than sh 40 billion allocated last year. Baringo County governor Benjamin Cheboi has this in store for his county. ~Any resident who owns a power saw has to pay Sh10, 000 per year to thecounty government. ~Dealers in tree seedlings are required to give the county government Sh200 per day and for the herbalists, they will pay Sh2,000 per year to operate. ~Anyone whose domestic animal dies has to pay fees for the disposal of the carcass Sh100 for each hen, cat and pig and Sh300 for big carcasses such as cows, donkeys or camels. ~Livestock traders and transporters are to pay between Sh20 and Sh75 to transport goats, camels, sheep or cows outside Baringo. ~Shooting a commercial film will attract Sh50, 000 per week and a full feature Sh100, 000 per week, while normal filming will attract Sh25, 000. ~A music video shoot will earn the county Sh5, 000. ~ATimber businessmen are set to part with Sh15,000 per tonne and Sh25,000 above 10 tonnes, and also pay Sh5,000 per tonne for logs/poles and Sh30,000 for over 10 tonnes. But as the controversy rages over whether the county governments are justified in making life harder for poor Kenyans, it was revealed that the devolved units have been unable to utilize the billions they were allocated. When Deputy President William Ruto recently accused counties of failing to use their funds for development, the chairman of the governors forum Issac Ruto was quick to defend his colleagues. The governor claimed the billions lying at the Treasury were meant to pay salaries for civil servants who were seconded to counties from the national government. Via #SDM
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:56:55 +0000
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