Court Suspends Issuance of 22,000 Title Deeds in Kajiado
The court has suspended the issuance of 22,000 title deeds in Kajiado County, a move that could affect land-selling companies and plot owners processing the ownership document.
Justice Maxwell Gicheru ordered the titling of the plots stopped to allow for public participation in a plan that was prepared by the Kajiado County Assembly.
The lands in question were part of the Olkejuado County Council, with cases of double allocation delaying the titling.
“The county department of land and county attorney should take responsibility for the survey and titling process,” the judge ordered.
Some parcels in Kajiado have not had ownership titles for over 40 years, exposing buyers to brokers and fraudsters who dupe Kenyans.
The order comes at a time when the country has witnessed demolitions of homes built on allegedly grabbed lands in the Athi River.
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Early this week, a Kisumu court directed over 300 homeowners on the late Gerishon Kirima’s Njiru land to vacate by December 31 and leave the property to the former MP’s family.
Some of the homeowners claim to have original ownership documents, while others have been squatting without any legal authority.
Kajiado County has since the start of this year been working to regularise most parcels in the area to clear the mess that was created by the defunct municipal council.
The county authorities and National Land Council (NLC) officials hired consultants to help with the process, but some landowners moved to stop the exercise, further delaying the process.
Land is an emotive issue in the country, with billions lost annually in court cases and property-related fraud.
Land frauds are common, especially in urban areas with Nairobi and satellite towns leading in the number of Kenyans who lose their money to fraudsters.
Court Suspends Issuance of 22,000 Title Deeds in Kajiado
