Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku has warned allotment plot owners in Kajiado that they risk losing their land due to unpaid land rates.
While addressing the Kajiado county assembly during the opening of the fourth session, Lenku said that those who default payment will be repossessed and the land given to other residents who are willing to partner with the county through land rates payment. "The county government will soon begin to repossess and reallocate parcels whose land rates and rents will remain unpaid.
I direct the department of lands and finance to commence this fourth with," said Hon.
Lenku He remarked that land is a major resource in the county and is supposed to contribute a big chunk of own source revenue but it is not the case at the moment. "In the 2023/2024 financial year, land rates yielded only 74 million shillings which is far more below our potential.
