Investor falls out with devolved unit over Sh17bn disputed land rates
Tata Chemicals Ltd dredging machine harvests soda ash from Lake Magadi. The investor has fallen out with Kajiado County government over disputed land rates running into billions of shillings. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
The secret agreement which is in form of minutes, would mean Tata Chemicals pays Sh27 million per year, and not Sh3.1 billion.
The county government has since considered reducing the rate per acre to Sh2,000 following proposals.
Governor Joseph ole Lenku has dismissed the deal terming it "illegal and a ploy by characters to defraud the people of Kajiado."
A Lake Magadi investor has fallen out with Kajiado County government over disputed land rates running into billions of shillings.
Tata Chemicals Ltd, formerly Magadi Soda, which extracts thousands of tonnes of soda ash from the lake in Kajiado West Sub County, owes the county Sh17 billion for their 224, 991 acres for the last six years.
