{"id":28043,"date":"2016-08-25T05:35:06","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T05:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/residents-dissatisfied-with-land-tax-on-public\/"},"modified":"2016-08-27T07:16:15","modified_gmt":"2016-08-27T07:16:15","slug":"residents-dissatisfied-with-land-tax-on-public","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/residents-dissatisfied-with-land-tax-on-public\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents dissatisfied with tax on public land"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Residents of Muyumbu sector in Rwamagana district say infrastructures like roads and electric poles were established on their land but have since been paying taxes for the entire land including unexploited surface for two years.}<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have reduced at least three meters on our land while constructing the road. Since then land registration documents were not revised and I continued to pay Rwf 27,000 taxes annually for the whole land despite part of it becoming public road,\u201d said Akinyambo, resident of the area.<\/p>\n<p>Residents have also expressed dissatisfaction for paying land taxes for the land where electric poles were erected prompting them to ask Rwamagana district to deliver documents of new land measurements for free.The documents cost Rwf 5,000. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t ask compensation for our forfeited land because we recognize the value of infrastructures. However, we are dissatisfied with the charge of Rwf 5,000for revising land registration in addition to the Rwf 30,000 we pay to the surveyor.  This comes with transport expenses to the district headquarters.The district should avail such documents to our local offices for free,\u201d said Nsabimana Diog\u00e8ne, Rwamagana resident.<\/p>\n<p>The Muyumbu sector official in charge of settlement and land, Batagaruka Ferdinand has said that residents should understand that the value of land appreciates when a road is constructed in its proximity. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cArable land pays Rwf 10 taxes per meter while the surface of inhabited land is charged  Rwf 30 per meter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Batagaruka says that a vulnerable person as per Ubudehe categories can ask the advisory  committee to waive off  land tax. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-14529 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/umurenge_wa_muyumbu.jpg\" alt=\"Muyumbu sector headquarters \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Residents of Muyumbu sector in Rwamagana district say infrastructures like roads and electric poles were established on their land but have since been paying taxes for the entire land including unexploited surface for two years.} \u201cThey have reduced at least three meters on our land while constructing the road. 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