Aboneka Writes

1.ARRESTING OF PEOPLE WHO BUY FROM HAWKERS- (SECTION 16 TRADE LICENSING ACT CAP 101) After chasing the hawkers off the street, KCCA embarked on yet another journey of arresting people who buy from Hawkers-this they chose to call it "abetting hawking." A number of people were arrested, spent more than 48hours in detention, appeared before the magistrate and found guilty Under Section 16(1). Section 16(1) of the Act provides that "No person shall act as a hawker unless he or she is in possession of a valid hawkers licence granted to him or her for that purpose by the licensing authority." Section 1 defines a hawker as; "means a person who, whether on his or her own account or as the servant of another person, sells goods by retail other than in trading premises or in a market established under the Markets Act." The reading of these two sections clearly spelt out that the subject matter in this legislation is the hawker and not the buyer. Unless there is

About 2 decades ago, the masses jubilated and thus drummed support for the president for scrapping the Graduated tax which to them was a bother (to contribute to the economy of the country). They welcomed the idea by pouring votes to the President, by then I was a young boy in primary school and I watched these events with interest. Much as the populace thinks the graduated tax was scrapped, the authorities say it was suspended to study a few economics on the same and it will be re-introduced which I doubt especially in this regime. The introduction of heavy indirect tax regime is now being felt by the same who jubilated when the graduated tax was scrapped. Taxes on essentials such as salt, paraffin, sugar, seeds, hoes, fertilizers are the latest worst scenarios the former jubilants have to face. It is worth noting that Agriculture is the backbone of this country and as such helping this sector grow will improve the economy, but with the introduction of new taxes on hoes, seeds, p