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Locals against bid by Waititu to hike levies

A section of stakeholders representing various groups in Thika during a heated public participation exercise on Kiambu County Finance Bill 2018/2019.Residents refused to endorse a 100 percent increment of county levies as proposed by the Finance bill. [PHOTO: KAMAU MAICHUHIE].

Governor Ferdinand Waititu has faced resistance in his attempt to increase levies for various county services. To help raise the revenue collection for the county, Waititu’s Finance Executive Mburu Kang’ethe recently proposed to hike charges.

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