A bitter dispute has erupted between Kajiado County Government and a Lake Magadi investor over billions of shillings in defaulted land rates. Tata Chemicals Ltd, formerly Magadi Soda, has said it is incapable of paying land rates on the 224,000 acres of land they use to exploit soda ash.
The county government is demanding Sh17 billion as accrued land rate arrears since 2013 with the soda ash investor saying it can only wind up the venture.
