Cess (which in some counties such as Kiambu is referred to as infrastructure maintenance fee) is levied on agricultural and fishing products produced or supplied for commercial purposes such as maize, milk, cattle, vegetables, fish, fruits, coffee, tea, and flowers.Produce cess or cess fees is a form of tax charged by county governments on goods when they move across county borders. The revenue raised, according to Kenyan law, is to be invested back into the improvement of production and distribution of the taxed commodities.

This investment could be in the form of maintenance of roads or other services related to the agricultural sector from which the cess money was levied. This rarely happens, however. #githurai #GithuraiNews #kiambu #KiambucountyNews #KiambuNews #GithuraiMedia