The government of Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika on Thursday, October 26 warned tenants occupying the county housing estate and those who defaulted on rent payments that they risk eviction.
According to the notice in local dailies, the tenants have 14 days to resume payment and clear arrears or face legal consequences.
Notably, the county stated that it would take appropriate action to recover the said arrears if the tenants failed to comply with the directive.
“Pursuant to Section 19 of the Nakuru County Revenue Administration Act of 2016 notice is hereby issued to ALL tenants in occupation of county government housing estate and who are in default of rent payments.
They must resume rent payments and clear their accumulated arrears within 14 days from the date of this notice failure to which appropriate action will be taken to recover the said arrears,” read the statement in part.
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The County Government, through the county Secretary and head of public service, Dr Samuel Mwaura noted that, there are no court orders in effect permitting tenants to remain in county houses without paying rent.
We Are Not Breaking Any Law
The county government also noted there are no laws preventing it from taking action to recover rent arrears from defaulters.
“Contrary to misinformation by stakeholders including tenant associations and well-known individuals, there are no court orders in place allowing tenants to stay in county houses without paying rent or preventing the county government from taking action to recover rent arrears from defaulters,” part of the notice read.
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Also, in its statement, the county government noted that it would only address rent arrears with tenants who immediately and within the grace period resume monthly rent payment.
Notably, the tenants who defaulted were urged to lower their rent arrears by 30%.
Further, the county government noted that it would issue new generation Tenant Cards to bona fide tenants who will have cleared their rent arrears.
“New generation Tenant Cards shall be issued to bona fide tenants who shall have cleared their rent arrears,” the statement read in part.
Susan Announces Digitization of All Government Services
Earlier, Nakuru County Government had announced its plan on digitizing and automating all key services to increase revenue streams and improve service delivery in the county in October.
Governor Susan Kihika said that the innovative use of information and communication technology would contribute to effective revenue collection management while also sealing income leakages and addressing other shortcomings in the devolved unit.
“Essential services offered by the County Government including revenue collection, planning and development approvals, issuance of Single Business Permits (SBP) and trade licenses will soon be available on the e-citizen platform. This will eradicate corruption in revenue collection,” she stated.
