Counties and bizarre levies to raise funds

Churches were not spared in a bid by counties to raise revenues      PHOTO  ;     COURTESY  

Kiambu,Kenya: With the realisation of devolution, county governments were forced to introduce new levies and taxes in an effort to raise money to run the devolved functions.

With that, the public was introduced to new frontiers in taxation by being forced to pay levies on things that were never taxed in the country's history.