General Tyres gives back Kibarani land title deed

A company on Thursday surrendered a title deed for grabbed land in the Indian Ocean as the government heightened efforts to reclaim public land.

General Tyres, one of the companies that was holding title for a 1.2-acre piece of land at Kibarani dumpsite surrendered it to the National Land Commission (NLC).

This comes even as reliable sources revealed that other developers who have sent lawyers before the NLC inquiry on the acquisition of the public land were planning to return the documents.

“We know that there is already a decision made by the government on revocation of our documents. Let’s wait and see but we know what the decision of the commission would be at the end of this inquiry,” one of the developers whose company is among the 30 being investigated on how they acquired the land which has encroached on the sea said.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta had ordered NLC to revoke allocation of the Kibarani dumpsite land to private developers.

General Tyres submitted its title deed through a Mr Akram Mohammed who identified himself as a friend of the owner of the company.

The NLC had urged private developers to surrender their title deeds if they illegally acquired the land.

During Thursday’s session, Mitchell Cotts Ltd was put to task by the commission led by vice-chairman Abigael Mbagaya to explain how it acquired the land.

The commission also put on the spot National Environment Management Authority (Nema) and the defunct Municipal Council of Mombasa for the approvals they gave for developments made on the land.