The Nairobi County Government has directed landowners in five sub-counties: Kasarani, Embakasi East, Embakasi West, Embakasi Central and Embakasi North, to register their lands in the county database.

The County Head of Public Service, Godfrey Akumali, in a notice on Saturday, May 24, said the county government had already commenced enrolling landowners in the five sub-counties into the new land rates system.

According to Akumali, the county government began the registration process on May 19, adding that the enrolment would take place for the next 12 days, with the deadline set for May 30.

Akumali reiterated that while the registration was still open for unregistered landowners in the aforementioned sub-counties, the process would only be done during official working hours.

A signpost showing a parcel of land.

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Capital

"The Nairobi County Government wishes to notify land title holders in Kasarani, Embakasi East, Embakasi West, Embakasi Central and Embakasi North Sub-Counties that it is in the process of enrolling new properties in the county Land Rates Database," Akumali announced.

"All land title holders in the above-mentioned sub-counties whose properties are not enrolled in the Database are further notified that the exercise will take place in the sub-counties, from May 19 to May 30 during official working hours," he added.

To ensure seamless registration, Akumali revealed that relevant county officers would be stationed at the listed sub-county venues to offer land valuation, rates, and other related services.

During the enrolment, landowners would be required to submit a copy of the title deed, their mobile telephone number, copies of the National Identity Card, KRA PIN certificate, and a recent passport-size photo.

"Feedback will be provided to individual customers through their mobile telephone numbers, via county customer service numbers 0730 047 047, 020 7247 047 and 0725 624 489 only," Akumali stated.

"Title holders are encouraged to take advantage of the decentralised service to open rate payment accounts during the above-specified period," he added.

The latest development comes a month after the Nairobi County Government began a crackdown on land rate defaulters to address revenue shortfall caused by widespread non-compliance with land rate payments.

In March, Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja disclosed that only 20 per cent of landowners within the city with registered parcels of land had been paying land rates.

Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja during a meeting with members of Kenya Property Developers (KPDA) at City Hall, Nairobi, March 19, 2025.

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Johnson Sakaja