Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo has revoked the tenant agreement of kiosks leased to traders in the entire county and ordered for fresh application.
Nyaribo said he made this order following increased cases of malpractice by scrupulous traders who are renting out their kiosks at exorbitant prices to other traders yet they fail to remit their statutory monthly revenue to the county government.
“Traders who applied to benefit from the county kiosks have turned cons and have without any permission leased these same kiosks to others who never managed to get the kiosks to trade from there. They are the same traders who are the highest defaulters in remitting statutory monthly tax to the county.” Nyaribo said.
“All traders interested with the county kiosks to submit a fresh application for vetting by the department of trade to ensure genuine traders ready to use the kiosks for business as directed benefit. Further the previous statutory monthly remittance will be reviewed to match with the current market rent rates so that our county will not lag behind in revenue collection. The Governor stated.
He hinted that the vetting committee will consider all groups of people including youths, women, men and people with disability and are able to run small scale businesses.
“Traders who know those who have been leasing their kiosks to others need to report so that those who rightly deserve benefit from these kiosks to equally have an opportunity to sustain their livelihoods in their day to day business ventures,” the county boss commented.
Nyamira County put up 400 kiosks in various trading centres in all the 20 wards in Nyamira for trades to use in operating their small businesses to help the county generate revenue and boost government’s collection.
By Deborah Bochere
