KRC warns encroachers, asks tenants to pay rent

The Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) has warned against encroachment on its land, expressing concern that in some parts, people have set up homes and even built business units.

In a notice on Tuesday, the corporation noted that it is illegal to put up structures on rail corridors.

“We hereby notify members of the public that encroachment on the railway operational corridor is an offence punishable by law,” it said, citing the Mombasa-Suswa standard gauge and the Mombasa-Kisumu-Malaba metre gauge railway corridors.

KRC also has branch lines in Nakuru, Kisumu, Voi, Taveta, Nairobi, Nanyuki, Gilgil, Nyahururu, Kisumu, Butere, Eldoret, Kitale, Konza, and Magadi, as well as railway sidings.

 Rent payments

The corporation asked tenants and licensees to ensure rent payments are up-to-date, with evidence presented at its offices.

“Evidence of payment should be presented to the nearest KR office in Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret, and a receipt issued,” the notice states.

Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu earlier revealed that taxpayers risk losing land worth Sh15.17 billion belonging to the state-owned KRC to cartels that subdivided it and sold parcels to private developers.