At least two buildings within Nairobi’s Central Business District have been clamped by City Hall on Monday.
This is after the expiry of a 14-day legal notice given to owners of non-compliant buildings.
County Executive Committee member Charles Kerich said the two buildings owed City Hall close to Sh1.2 million.
He said the legal process of auctioning the property to recover the outstanding arrears will commence.
"It is the obligation of landowners to pay their rates. You cannot blame failure to pay your rates to the tough economic times."
Kerich said despite giving notice, no payment has been.
"No payment has been done because people are used to waivers," he added.
The Finance boss revealed that City Hall has collected Sh2.8 billion in land rates against a target of Sh4.5 billion. The deficit has affected service delivery, he said.
Payments can be done through short code *647#, Nairobi eServices Portal at www.nairobiservices.go.ke, Paybill 6060047.
Alternatively, it can be done through the Co-operative Bank, City Hall branch, account number: 01141709410000, account name Nairobi City County Revenue Collection.
Alternatively, payments can be made via Equity Bank, Parliament branch, account number 1770279910476, account name Nairobi City County Revenue Collection.
In 2017, the county assembly amended the Revenue Act, 2015 and gave City Hall powers of temporarily repossess properties of land rates defaulters.
The county has over the years been forced to clamp down properties, but the strategy seems not to be yielding desired results.
Land rates is the top own-source revenue earner for Nairobi county government, accounting for about 25 per cent of revenue collected.
