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Inter-county taxes illegal, should be done away with, Senators told

County official collects cess from a lorry at Egesieri toll point in Nyamira. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard]

The Senate has been told that the inter-county taxes popularly known as cess are illegal and unconstitutional and should be done away with immediate effect.

According to former Senator Billow Kerow, the Constitution did not recognize the taxes which had adversely affected traders working in different counties.

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