The Kisumu County government has issued a clarification on the payment of land rates in the county amid claims that a court order had halted the exercise.
In an official statement signed by Deputy Governor Matthew Owili, the county government dismissed what it described as "deliberate misinformation" to mislead the public about a purported High Court order which suspended tax collections. "In recent days, there have been calculated and deliberate misinformation and campaigns alleging that the High Court in Kisumu has stopped the applicable rate collection by the County government of Kisumu.
This is not true," the statement read in part.
While insisting no such order was issued by the courts, the county government labelled the claims as 'misguided', warning that such efforts amounted to economic sabotage, particularly at a time when the county was struggling to upscale its revenue streams.
