Kenyans will continue to pay high price for fuel after high court declined to suspend implementation of 16 per cent levy. Omtatah in his suit papers argues that the imposition of new levy amounts to double taxation since the transaction value has inbuilt taxes, including excise tax, road maintenance levy, petroleum development levy, fuel levy tax and railway development tax. In his view, the decision to impose 16 per cent fuel levy has grossly violated the constitution because of several reasons. "And for this reason we the court to give orders suspending the implementation of fuel levy," said the lawyer. Meanwhile, COTU has also filed a similar case challenging same fuel levy.

Source: The Star September 04, 2018 13:30 UTC