New Nairobi cereal cess to pile pressure on food prices

Maize delivered to a National Cereal and Produce Board depot. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Cereal traders will start paying cess to Nairobi County government, a move that is set to hit hard the grain milling sector and pile upward pressure on consumer prices.

Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) announced the development saying the charges took effect from March 1.

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