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We’ll not pay your rent, State tells out-of-work tenants

GreatWall Apartments along Plains view Road in South B, Nairobi (PHOTO:WILBERFORCE OKWIRI)

The government will not yield to pressure to protect tenants against eviction in the wake of financial hardships brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani said compelling landlords to forego their monthly rental income in the wake of the crisis would in effect kill the real estate industry.

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