Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja on Wednesday, April 23, issued a stern warning to landowners who default on payment of property taxes, adding that only 20 per cent of landowners in the county pay taxes.
While speaking on Citizen TV, Sakaja revealed that defaulters risk having their properties being put up for auction or receivership, citing the burden brought by the non-payers who form the bulk of the landowners.
The governor disclosed that out of 250,000 registered land and property owners, only 50,000 pay taxes, creating a great disparity in terms of revenue collection for the county. "The biggest revenue earner in a city is property taxes.
In Nairobi, we have 250,000 pieces of land, but only 50,000 landowners are paying land rates, so the burden falls on this small group.
