Kajiado, Tata locked in fresh row

Tata Chemicals Magadi plant. The company’s management is embroiled in a row with Kajiado County government over land and water payments. PHOTO | STANLEY NGOTHO | NMG

The wrangles between Kajiado County government and Tata Chemicals over the control of water resources in Magadi has gone full throttle. The county government is demanding hefty water levies and has threatened to disconnect the soda ash manufacturer should it fail to pay.

What begun in 2018 as a tiff over unpaid land rates amounting to Sh17 billion has now degenerated into a vicious turf war in the semi-arid part of the county.

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