On Thursday, March 30, the Nairobi City Council collected KES 114 million in revenue from property owners who were eager to meet the deadline for payment of land rates.
This coincided with the opposition party’s protests against the government, known as ‘maandamano Thursday’, which were held in different counties on the same day.
Governor Johnson Sakaja attributed the high collection rate to the use of digital payment methods, which were preferred by most landowners.
Out of the KES 114 million collected, KES 91.2 million was in the form of land rates revenue.
Sakaja further explained that on the first day of the anti-government protests, which took place on March 20, the county collected KES 30.3 million.
This amount was 40 percent less than the daily target of KES 75-86 million largely due to business closures and property destruction.
However, on the second day of the demonstrations, KES 62 million was collected, as many businesses in the CBD remained closed to avoid damage.
The truce between President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga led to the suspension of all planned weekly protests, which could have had a negative impact on the country’s economy.
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