Man sues Kisumu over 7,000 percent land levy increase
Thursday January 21 2021
Part of Kisumu City skyline as seen from the Kisumu Port in Lake Victoria. PHOTO | JEFF ANGOTE | NMG
By RUSHDIE OUDIA
Summary
A Kisumu resident has gone to court seeking to suspend the recently gazetted Draft Valuation Roll 2017 by governor Anyang Nyong o s government, which he argues imposes exorbitant property rates.
Mr John Michael Obure, a tenant of a rented property in Manyatta Kisumu wants the Kenya Gazette notice that has bumped up rates by up to over 7,000 per cent suspended.
Additionally, all proceedings and processes arising from it, he pleads, should be stopped pending hearing and determination of an application he has filed before the Environment and Lands Court in Kisumu.
THE STANDARD By
Harold Odhiambo |
January 18th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Spilling garbage at Kachok dumpsite. Garbage has started piling again in the area rehabilitated in 2019. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]
Kisumu County Government has embarked on the second phase of decommissioning the Kachok dumpsite. which has been at the centre of unending controversies.
The parcel of land where it sits has been the subject of a protracted legal tussle that has dragged on at the courts for more than 10 years.
Last week, the county secretary Godfrey Kigochi advertised tenders for the decommissioning of the dumpsite, with interested bidders expected to submit bids by January 28.