Businessman, Haruna Ssentongo, writes off rent arrears for tenants at Haruna Towers

Businessman, Haruna Sentongo, has waived rent for six months for his tenants at Haruna Towers in Ntinda.

Sentongo said he had taken the decision after a series of meetings with the tenants in which many said they were unable to pay their rent arrears amounting to Shs 1 billion.

Tenants have been pardoned 6months of Rent worth 1billion shillings

The young businessman said other landlords should follow suit to allow a good business atmosphere.

“Tenants are actually very happy and I am seeing my business booming in the coming months because my tenants are now settled, concentrating on their business,” he says.

He added: “People have just resumed business but I can already see it is much better. I have even given new tenants a grace period of three months without pay because many of them are running from where they were forced to pay for the Covid-19 lockdown months. This is insincere on the part of landlords because it is not that tenants are benefitting anything from the exemption.”