Traders lobby leads Kiambu tax boycott

RESIDENTS of Kiambu have been asked not to pay taxes to the county government for the next six months . Kiambu County Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which is a body of more than 100 entrepreneurs and a number of companies, has launched an anti-tax payment campaign in 12 constituencies. Speaking to the Star yesterday on phone, KCCI Chairman Thinguri Warwathe, who is also one of the body's national directors, said they are asking people not to pay taxes until the Finance Bill is passed by the assembly. “We are moving from one subounty to the other asking businesspeople and other...