Business operators in Nairobi have rejected the proposed Nairobi City County Tobacco Bill 2018 terming it a subjective and ‘evil’ way of rising revenue. The bill seeks creation of a county department responsible for health, which will issue licences to retailers of tobacco. Anybody manufacturing, distributing or selling any tobacco product within Nairobi will have to follow the law. Some of business bodies that attended the hearing include the Retail Trade Association of Kenya, the Kenya Association of Manufacturing, the Pubs and Restaurants Association of Kenya and the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Retail Trade Association of Kenya (RETRAK) dismissed the proposed law as subjective to traders and a mere tax collection strategy addressing as public health.

Source: The Star March 03, 2019 19:07 UTC