Eastleigh traders shut down shops to protest KRA levies

Kenya Revenue Authority offices in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Shoppers in Eastleigh will have to find other alternatives as traders in the area have closed down their malls and outlets indefinitely protesting what they termed exorbitant levies on cargo.

The traders, led by Eastleigh Business Community chairman, Sheikh Ibrahim Hussein, said the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) had arbitrarily increased tax for 40 feet containers from Sh3 million to Sh12 million.

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