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Group petitions Mombasa court to stop road levy

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Epra Director General Daniel Kiptoo. [File, Standard]

President William Ruto has run into a fresh taxation hurdle after a human rights lobby group filed a petition at the Mombasa High Court seeking to stop the implementation of the Road Maintenance Levy Fund.

Haki Yetu Organisation said the fuel levy increase from Sh18 to Sh25 per litre was unconstitutional, illegal, unreasonable, and harsh.

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