New land law set to control families from selling off their plots
What you need to know:
- “The entire road stretch from Kitengela to Namanga has up to nine in every 10 family lands fenced off, meaning they have been sold off,” notes the report.
- Kitengela-Namanga, Nairobi-Ngong-Kiserian and Nairobi-Ongata Rongai-Kiserian roads as the worst hit.
- “I am shocked at the impunity we are seeing small time investors engaging in by buying land that has been banned by the government.”
Seven out of 10 families in Kajiado have sold a portion of their land.
A survey by an NGO shows that 90 per cent of families in Kajiado’s peri-urban areas have disposed part of their original ancestral land.
This is causing jitters among local leaders and the county government has a new land law awaiting the nod of the assembly to control the sales.
Kitengela-Namanga, Nairobi-Ngong-Kiserian and Nairobi-Ongata Rongai-Kiserian roads as the worst hit.
The survey was conducted by Youth Empowerment Support Services and notes the land issue in Kajiado could trigger a full blown conflict if not curbed through tough land laws.
ILLEGAL
“The entire road stretch from Kitengela to Namanga has up to nine in every 10 family lands fenced off, meaning they have been sold off,” notes the report.
Yesterday, lands executive Ali Letura declared all transactions carried out since September last year as illegal.
“No land sale, subdivision or transfer will be recognized until we lift the ban we announced late last year,” said Mr Letura.
“I am shocked at the impunity we are seeing small time investors engaging in by buying land that has been banned by the government.”
Mr Letura spoke as the county assembly failed to discuss the land control Bill for lack of quorum last Thursday.
The Bill seeks to overhaul land control management and make it mandatory for women and children, against the norm of the Maasai people, to be fully involved in both the purchase and sale of their family land.
