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Bill to scrap licence fees for witchdoctors stirs mixed reactions in Embu

A proposal to waive licence fees for traditional healers has stirred mixed reactions in Embu County.

Muminji Member of County Assembly Newton Kariuki said the proposal to remove a tax provision for traditional health services, herbalists and divine healers from the 2016 Embu County Finance Bill could see an uncontrollable mushrooming of witchcraft dens.

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