County produce cess: what it is, rates and how to pay
County Governments · sources read 4 Oct 2026
Cess is a county charge on produce such as maize, potatoes, tea leaves, sand or timber, set in each county's Finance Act and paid to the county. In Bomet, for example, it is KSh 30 per bag of maize, potatoes, beans, tea leaves, cabbages or sukuma wiki.
- Fee
- KSh 30Bomet: maize, potatoes, beans, tea leaves, cabbages or sukuma wiki (per bag)KSh 50Bomet: certified beans (per kg)KSh 60Bomet: avocado (per seedling)KSh 150Bomet produce cess: pick-up (per day)KSh 200Bomet produce cess: canter (per day)KSh 300Bomet produce cess: lorry or trailer (per day)
- Where
- Paid to your county government's revenue office or its online payment portal. Bomet: e-services on bomet.go.ke and the BometPay portal (bometpay.go.ke).
Steps
- Check your county's current Finance Act: cess is charged only on the goods it lists, at the rates it sets.
- Work out what you owe. In Bomet, a bag of maize, potatoes, beans, tea leaves, cabbages or sukuma wiki is KSh 30.
- Pay the county, not a middleman. Bomet lists Cess among its e-services and takes county payments on the BometPay portal.
Watch out
- Rates differ by county. Bomet's rates apply only within Bomet County.
- In Bomet, green tea retailers taking tea outside the county also need a transport permit at KSh 30 per bag.
- Cess is not only for crops: Bomet also charges quarry cess (stones, sand, ballast, murram) per trip.
Who this covers
- Anyone dealing in or moving goods that the county's Finance Act lists for cess (Bomet lists farm produce, quarry products and forest produce).
Official sources (3)
- The Bomet County Finance Act, 2024 (No. 3 of 2024) bomet.go.ke · read 4 Oct 2026
- E-Services bomet.go.ke · read 4 Oct 2026
- BometPay customer portal bometpay.go.ke · read 4 Oct 2026