Migori residents protest 8% VAT on fuel, inflation

Boda boda operators at a fuel station

By MN Reporter

Migori county residents have protested, castigating treasury cabinet secretary Henry Rotich for increased fuel prices and failure to manage inflation.

Led by Atomi Kalawi Rongo constituency residents and Ford Kenya county chairman Samuel Migore, residents have petitioned the government to speedily intervene.

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The untimely new fuel prices announced by the Cs have elicited criticism from all over as Kenyans complained of taxes impose on essential commodity by new fuel price.

“The prices will impoverish desperate poor Kenyans who will not afford high cost of living,” Kalawi said.

Migore warned that infringing on Kenyans rights should be treated as treasonable and leaders supporting the move should be rejected at the ballot in 2022 general elections.