Lands Cabinet Secretary (CS) Alice Wahome, has put on notice officials at the Kiambu Land Registries over theft of government revenue, warning that action will be taken against those found culpable.
The CS said in most of the Land Offices she has visited, gaps in revenue collection and filing have been noticed, indicating theft of public funds.
Speaking after an impromptu visit to Kiambu and Ruiru Land Registries, the CS announced that she will intensify supervision and evaluation to completely weed out the theft and seal all the loopholes for corruption to enable the government to get the much-needed revenue for development.
She cited cases that deal with land rates, saying some unscrupulous officers and valuers from the Ministry strike deals with property buyers and sellers so as to steal. "For instance, you find a transaction where the amount stated by the owner of the property is Sh1 million while the valuer returns at Sh5 million.
