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County begins to tax bodaboda today in bid to raise Sh250 million

Bodaboda riders wait for passengers at Ang'awa junction stage in Kisumu on July 31,2018. [Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard])

Boda boda operators will from today start paying tax as the county government eyes to raise Sh250 million from the sector.

Finance Executive Nerry Achar yesterday announced the new measures, after previous attempts failed due to non-commitment from the operators.

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