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County now making laws to compel KWS to pay land rates

Records from the Ministry of Lands show that about 86 per cent of the total land area in the region is occupied by private farms. [File, Standard]

The Taita Taveta County gvernment is formulating laws and policies to compel the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) to start paying land rates for occupying about 62 per cent of the county's total land area.

Records from the Ministry of Lands show that about 86 per cent of the total land area in the region is occupied by private farms, with residents and leaders complaining that they had been deprived of their land rights by outsiders.

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