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Garissa traders warned of fake business permits
From left, Trade executive Idriss Aden Muktar, the Garissa County revenue task force chairman Salah Yakub Farah, Chief Revenue Officer Abdullahi Omar and Director of Revenue Roble Said Nunow. The task force warned traders about fake business permits being sold in Garissa. PHOTO | ABDIMALIK HAJIR | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Traders should obtain only genuine trading licences from the county revenue collection offices or at the Department of Trade.
- Those masquerading as county officials and issuing fake business permits will face legal action.
- Mr Farah said traders who default on their payments will be charged in court.
- He noted that structures inherited from the defunct municipal council are impeding revenue collection.
The Garissa County government has said that it will take legal action against people masquerading as county officials who are issuing fake business permits.
Speaking at the county headquarters, members of a task force formed by Governor Nathif Jama Adam also cautioned the public to be wary of the fraudsters, noting that they should obtain only genuine trade licences from the county revenue collection offices or at the Department of Trade.
