State bags extra Sh29bn in road tax from motorists

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Thika super highway. 

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Collections from the Road Maintenance Levy (RML) jumped by an estimated Sh29.3 billion to Sh90.54 billion in the nine months to March this year, as the government reaped big following the controversial increment of the levy to Sh25 per litre.

This is based on official data which shows that consumption of diesel and petrol rose to 3.62 billion litres in the period, from 3.39 billion litres in the same period last year when collections stood at Sh61.18 billion.

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