Kiambu residents up in arms as Waititu raises land rates

Kabete Mp Ferdinand Waititu addressing mourners at Kiracha in Lari constituency on Saturday afternoon during the burial of Mzee Mwaura , he decried that illicit brew is slowly finding its way in central Kenya, picture taken on January 2,2016. [PHOTO BY JOHN KARUME ]

Land owners in Kiambu are protesting the county government's decision to drastically raise land rates

After unsuccessfully pleading with Governor Ferdinand Waititu's administration to lower the fees, the residents yesterday said they had formed a lobby group to push for the scrapping of the new rates.