The Standard | by Josephat Thiong’o
Residents of Ngara Ward have petitioned the Nairobi County Assembly to intervene in a matter where two offices have given conflicting information on rent waivers.
This follows Governor Mike Sonko’s decision last month to extend a rent waiver that was first applied in April to shield residents from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.
But Nairobi Metropolitan Services Director General Mohamed Badi told off Sonko last week, saying that rent matters were under the jurisdiction of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA)…









