City Hall operation targets tenants with rent arrears

Members of the Grand Lodge of East Africa Freemasons Hall have been locked out of their worship centre for failing to pay land rates amounting to 19.2 million shillings. In an operation led by top Nairobi county officials, the property was put under the management of the county treasury until the money is settled. In another operation, 100 families in Ngara estate were evicted from their houses over rent arrears amounting to millions of shillings, as Governor Johnson Sakaja's administration insists the operation will continue until over 50 billion owed to the county is recovered.