City garbage firms’ bid to halt double taxation fails

Youths load waste into a county garbage truck. PHOTO | KEVIN ODIT | NMG

A group of garbage collectors in Nairobi have failed in its bid to abolish double taxatIon by the City Hall and the National Environment Management Authority (Nema).

Through the Waste and Environment Management Association of Kenya, the businesses wanted the court to issue bar the county government from charging them Sh20,000 per truck to collect and dispose of waste.

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