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How independence era leaders laid their hands on lands of quitting whites

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By JOHN KAMAU
Posted  Monday, November 9  2009 at  22:00

This trend had been realised in 1966 by Lands and Settlement minister Jackson Angaine, who after getting a copy of the sales report and the names of buyers remarked to his PS: “I am rather surprised to see such a large list of the farms changing hands from one to another. May we discuss”.

Whatever they discussed the transactions continued creating a new class of propertied families.

In the heat of the moment, land buying became political and in the craze only those who had the right information prospered.

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  1. Submitted by edkaai

    Jesus! And Kenyans almost elected his son Uhuru president!The worst was yet to come.

    Posted  November 13, 2009 05:19 AM  
  2. Submitted by biegslubs

    Countrymen! for those of you that dont know, nothing in this article is new. Honest Kenyan historians have known for a while that some of Kenyatta's actions actually bordered on common criminality. He should be convicted even in his grave and his monuments defaced from our national parliament and sites for the sake of our history and heritage.

    Posted  November 12, 2009 08:11 AM  
  3. Submitted by Nangayapaa

    When did we become a nation of whiners? So, YOUR family has no Land because Kenyatta bought land for his family? Does any family really expect Kenyatta or Kibaki or Raila to buy ther family some land? It is not the role of govt to buy citizens proparty, nor is it any Kenyan's responsibility to buy land for another(baring charity inclinations)no matter what position in govt or society. The poor shall inherit the earth, all six feet of it.

    Posted  November 12, 2009 01:38 AM  
  4. Submitted by kikomi

    That's why they call it coalition govt. You know for the rich

    Posted  November 11, 2009 10:39 PM  
  5. Submitted by okundu

    But Alas! this is not Zimbabwe where the whites owned land. This is Kenya and it's fellow Kenyans owning land. Way out is this: Enact a land policy that imposes heavy tax on idle land on a yearly basis, if tax is unpaid then govt to put a lien on the property. This way slowly the money will be squeezed from them. Secondly, Kenyans to shut the elites from siasa. It;s only through siasa that they can survive, on the outside they will just witness changes happen.

    Posted  November 11, 2009 07:55 PM  

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