We can re-negotiate on Boda Boda tax in Kisumu, says County officials
By Dickson Odhiambo
February 20, 2020
We can re-negotiate
on Boda Boda tax in Kisumu, says County officials
THE Issue of Boda Boda Riders in Kisumu to pay monthly tax
of shs 500 can be renegotiated by the stakeholders, county Government officials
in Kisumu say.
The officials say the County Government of
Kisumu is willing to carry out a renegotiation about the move with the Boda
Boda riders within the entire county.
Addressing the Members of the Mlimani Boda Boda Sacco
Limited during the launch of a vehicle for transport Business which the Sacco
recently bought through a bank loan, Acting County Executive Committee member
in charge of Transport Dickson Obungu said the county will sit down with the
Boda boda riders so as to see a way forward on the revenue collection from them
in form of tax.
Obungu says the Boda Boda Riders is a very important sector
within Kisumu County hence can’t be ignored, adding that the County Government under the
leadership of Prof. Anyang Nyong’o really recognizes the role played by Boda
Boda riders in their contributions towards the economy in Kisumu.
“We are going to sit down and see on an easy way of
collecting the revenue from the Boda Boda because this is a very important
sector in our county,” Obungu says.
He says as a member of the Revenue Committee within the
County Government of Kisumu he will present the Boda Boda riders’ sentiment on
pay tax to the Committee.
Obungu who is also the CEC in charge of Physical Planning,
Lands and urban Development hinted that the County Government of Kisumu will
give shs 250,000 to boda boda riders in form of revolving funds.
Chief Officer in charge of Women, Youth, Women, Gender and
People with Disability Affairs Haggai Kadiri says both the County Government of
Kisumu and Boda Boda Riders will work together.
He says the Boda Boda business is an important economic arm within
the county and should be supported.
“We can’t succeed without boda Boda industry within Kisumu
County hence the need to support it because one can’t succeed without the boda
boda industry,’ Kadiri says.
He also hinted that the revolving fund will be provided to
the Boda Boda riders who are in organized Saccos with good leadership right
from the ward level.
On the issue of tax to Boda Boda riders, he says there is
need to do it in an amicable way so that all stakeholders are okay with it.
Market/Mlimani Ward representative Seth Ochieng Kanga urges
the boda Boda riders to do their activities within the confines of the laws.
On the tax to the boda boda riders urged the county
Government to take the proposal of the riders into consideration before it is
fully implemented.
Kisumu County Boda Boda Riders Cooperative Union Willis
Aketch says the riders have agreed to pay the tax but there should be a proper renegotiation
about the issue.
He says there are about 70,000 Boda Boda Operators in Kisumu
County which should not be ignored in terms of their contributions towards the
economy of Kisumu County.
Kisumu County Boda Boda Coordinator Nelson Odire says there
is need to coordinate a meeting at a ward level between Boda Boda riders and
the county Government of Kisumu Governor Prof Anyang Nyong’o on the issue of
tax for Boda Boda Riders.
“Dialogue is very important and we must engage in it as boda
boda riders in Kisumu County with our Governor,” Odire says.
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