Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko when he appeared before Senate committee on
Devolution on April 24, 2019 where he cited improved revenue collection
as one of his main achievements. Mr Sonko has waived millions owed by
city tenants to save them from eviction. PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Tenants living in Nairobi City Council houses with rent arrears
can now heave a sigh of relief after Governor Mike Sonko waived the
debt.
Governor Sonko said he announced the waiver to stop cartels from evicting the tenants from the city-owned houses.
Last
month, City Hall Housing Director Marion Rono, while appearing before
the Nairobi County Assembly’s Budget and Appropriations Committee, said
that City Hall is owed Sh224 million by tenants.
The city owns 16,000 houses across the capital, a debt Mr Sonko said has been accrued by tenants over the last six years.
“I
have issued a waiver of rent arrears owed to the Nairobi City County
Government by our tenants. However, I am appealing to tenants occupying
Nairobi County Government houses to pay their monthly house rents on
time without defaulting,” said Mr Sonko, speaking on Sunday while
addressing worshippers at St. Stephen's Church on Jogoo Road.
ROWDY GANG
Earlier this month, tenants living in Nairobi
City Council houses in Kariobangi South claimed rowdy youth had kicked
them out of their houses.
The tenants
said that they have been spending outside at night enduring biting cold
after they were evicted from their houses at Mtarakwa Road near
Mahutini by a group of about 50 rowdy youth who have been camping at the
council houses harassing the tenants, breaking into their houses and
carting away their belongings.
“The
houses are being occupied by hired goons who are threatening us and
invoking the name of the governor in collaboration with some staff of
the Nairobi County. Our household goods were all ferried by the county
officials claiming that they will auction the items to recover the said
bills,” said one of the residents.
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