Counties collect millions in cess from cane firms

Kisumu Governor Anyang Nyong'o reads the Sugar Industry Stakeholders Conference's resolutions after the event held at Masinde Muliro University. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Counties in Western Kenya have been collecting millions of shillings from local sugar factories as cess (tax confined to a local area for a specified object or a particular purpose).

West Kenya Sugar Company alone had remitted Sh244.14 million in levies to counties in Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley where the sugar mill has contracted farmers.