The government has withdrawn a radical Bill that would have seen owners of freehold land within or close to urban areas pay an annual land levy in addition to land rates. National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah has written to speaker Moses Wetang'ula asking for the Land Laws(Amendment) Bill, 2023. The proposed law sparked protests and was criticised by even the National Land Commission (NLC) as amounting to double taxation. "This means the government is charging you a tax for owning freehold land which is not government land. The land you might have inherited from your parents or land that you might have bought is freehold land," he said.

Source: The Star June 30, 2024 12:24 UTC