The Kajiado County Assembly on February 12, 2026, passed the Finance Bill 2025, introducing significant reductions in license fees and charges across various sectors to ease the burden on small businesses and traders.
Barbershops and salons employing between one and three workers are among the biggest beneficiaries of the Finance Act.
In Zone A, trade license fees have been lowered from KSh 5,000 to KSh 4,000, while in Zone B, charges have dropped from KSh 4,000 to KSh 3,000. The move is expected to support micro‑enterprises that form the backbone of local commerce.
Milk retailers in rural trading centres will also benefit, with license fees reduced from KSh 6,000 to KSh 4,500. Sports competition and practice permits have been halved from KSh 4,000 to KSh 2,000. Access to county sporting facilities such as Ngong Stadium will now cost KSh 1,000, down from KSh 2,000.
Transporters of meat using motorcycles have seen one of the steepest cuts, with fees slashed from KSh 500 to just KSh 50 per trip. Roadside traders hawking goods from vehicles will pay between KSh 1,500 and KSh 3,000 per day depending on vehicle size.
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Sand and ballast traders will enjoy a 50 percent reduction in charges, while proposed fees for water monitoring and abstraction permits have been withdrawn altogether.
The new finance ACT is expected to ease the cost of doing business, support small‑scale traders, and strengthen revenue collection across the county.
Kajiado County Finance and Economic Planning Committee Chair Jackson Angaine urged the County Executive to ensure traders and investors are adequately informed about the legislation once enacted. Angaine stressed that public access to the Act upon publication is essential to protect residents from exploitation by corrupt officials and ghost workers.
He further noted that the revised rates are designed to encourage compliance and boost remittances to the County Revenue Account, which has in the past suffered significant losses due to pilferage.
By Masaki Enock
