By KETRA KALUNGACOUNCILS are pressurising Government to hand over collection of toll fees to them because they believe it is their constitutional man-date which Central government has hijacked.The Local government Association (LGA) confirmed that discussions with the government to allow local authorities to collect revenue from toll gates for the maintenance of roads in their respective areas were underway.LGA spokesperson, Maurice Mbolela said the matter was under serious negotiations and the local authorities were pushing to regain their ‘rightful’ mandate.Mr. Mbolela said in an interview with the Daily Nation that the association was still negotiating with the government on the matter through the ministry of local government and other relevant authorities.“Discussions are still going on, the matter is still very active and we are still negotiating with the government on this issue, councils feel that they should collect toll fees,” he said.The LGA spokesperson said, “If at all the tolls on the main road can […]
COUNCILS CRY FOR TOLL FEES
