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No more taxes for Machakos traders as Governor Mutua orders waiver

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua and his wife Lilian Njenga. His directive to scrap daily levies charged on small-scale traders has caught many by surprise. [File, Standard]

Small-scale traders will from today enjoy an indefinite tax holiday after the county waived all taxes on their operations.

The county government has also declared it will not increase fees on Single Business Permits, and directed all penalties imposed on defaulters to be lifted.

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