The county government of Nyamira should divert its resources to the informal sector for progressive development, a local politician has said.
Speaking at a function in Manga, Nyambega Mose said the informal sector has not been given a special attention by previous regimes and now the county governments.
He said the sector, if supported, will see any youths who have been rendered jobless get employment and strengthen the economy of the county.
He challenged MCAs to set aside a budget that will see informal sectors such as jua kali artisans get good rooms that they can use for operating their businesses.
“The history of informal sector dates back to independence. Not even parliament or executive has fully embraced it despite several sessional papers in the house that have sought to improve it,” Nyambega said.
“We need the Members of Nyamira County assembly to aside some funds in the 2015/16 budget for the benefit of informal sectors. For instance, we need to see jua kali artisans get free shades to operate their businesses freely,” he said.
He said county governments can collect a reasonable amount of revenue from informal sectors if they fully embrace them by making their business niche favorable.
“I know most of informal sector industries do not remit taxes as they should. If the county government improves their (informal sector) working environment, we will see full cooperation from them for prosperity of our county,” said the lawyer.