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Traders warn high levies will be a burden to hustlers

Traders selling fresh produce at Chebole Trading Center along the Kaplong-Narok highway. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

Traders in Nakuru County have protested plans by the Treasury to increase taxes in the next financial year.

They said they do not understand why President William Ruto, who promised to reduce taxes during his presidential campaigns, has turned around.

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