Pay Mandera County land rates
County Government of Mandera · sources read 6 Oct 2026
Pay Mandera land rates on the county's online self-service portal (manderarcms.co.ke) with mobile money, a debit card or online banking, and keep the official receipt. Rates are 2% of the property's unimproved value; a rates clearance certificate costs KSh 2,500 per plot.
- Fee
- KSh 2,500Rates clearance certificate (per plot)
- Deadline
- Pay the year's rates by 31 March. After that, unpaid rates grow by 2% a month, though penalties can't exceed the rates owed.
- Deadline
- Rates are charged every year. The county must announce the payment date in the Kenya Gazette at least 60 days ahead.
- Deadline
- Want the county to reduce or cancel your rates (remission)? Apply before the rates are due or within 14 days after.
- Where
- Online at mandera.go.ke/pay-online-services (portal: manderarcms.co.ke), or County Government of Mandera, P.O. Box 13-70300 Mandera. Phone 046 210 4000, info@mandera.go.ke
Steps
- Open the county's Pay Online Services page (mandera.go.ke/pay-online-services) and create an account or log in on manderarcms.co.ke.
- Pay your land rates bill with mobile money, a debit card or online banking. If you can't find land rates there, ask the county lands or revenue office.
- Keep the official receipt.
- Selling or transferring the plot? Ask for a rates clearance certificate. It costs KSh 2,500 per plot.
Watch out
- Penalties on late rates are 2% a month, cumulative, and stop growing once they equal the rates owed.
- Genuine county revenue collectors carry a county ID card.
- If you get a written demand for unpaid rates, you have 60 days to pay before the county can act.
- Rates left unpaid after a demand can end with the county auctioning the property.
Who can apply
- Owners of land or buildings in Mandera County, including holders of leases with 21 years or more left
- In some cases the person occupying the property is the one who pays
Official sources (4)
- The Mandera County Finance Act, 2025 mandera.go.ke · read 6 Oct 2026
- Pay Online Services mandera.go.ke · read 6 Oct 2026
- County Government of Mandera (homepage contacts) mandera.go.ke · read 6 Oct 2026
- The National Rating Act, 2024 (No. 15 of 2024) nakuru.go.ke · read 6 Oct 2026