Kenya. Land deal worsens Kenya Railways pensioners’ woes
As Kenya Railways pensioners’ woes deepen, officials of the former Kenya Railways Workers Association, the umbrella body for all the pensioners of the institution, have expressed fear that they risk losing 10 of their properties in a land swap deal in lieu of accrued land rates.
They are reading a secret plot to defraud them of their properties.
“The Nairobi County government and the sole corporate trustee, Corporate and Pension Trust Services Ltd, have hatched a scheme to possess 10 of our properties in the name of unpaid land rates,” claimed Henry Toili, secretary of the Former Kenya Railways Workers Association.
Documents seen by the Sunday Nation show that the Nairobi County government is claiming amounts of up to Sh8.54 billion in unpaid land rates. These are for parcels located in Matumbato, Muthurwa, Railways Club, Ngong Road, Hurlingham, Good Shed, Landmawe and Ngara estate in Nairobi.
“Land rates for the 10 pieces are to be paid for or waived by the government as this was public land given to pensioners in 2006,” said Mr Toili.
The county government has computed accrued land rates as from the days of the defunct former East African Railways Corporation, which was operational before independence.
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