Mombasa County to seize prime property in Sh14b land rates recovery bid

TSS Towers is among prime properties the county government is targeting to recover unpaid land rates. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU]

The county government has begun a process that will see land rate defaulters lose their property.

Governor Hassan Joho’s government is owed Sh14 billion in unpaid land rates that have accrued for years. This is enough to run the county smoothly for two years. Mombasa gets about Sh5.7 billion a year in equitable share from the Exchequer.