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Tata Chemicals Limited risks losing land over Sh17b debt to Kajiado County

Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku, addresses residents of Magadi ward during a tensed meeting on Saturday. Lenku threatened to subdivide land occupied by Tata Chemicals Company Limited. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

Kajiado Governor Joseph ole Lenku has threatened to subdivide land on which sits a mineral company he claims owes the county government Sh17 billion in land rates.

The county chief said Tata Chemicals Limited, formerly Magadi Soda, had accumulated the debt over six years on the 224,991 acres in Magadi ward.

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