“We will not issue the title deeds until we conduct an audit to identify the genuine landowners and weed out land grabbers from the list of beneficiaries,” said Mr Sonko. In May last year, President Uhuru Kenyatta directed City Hall to work with the Lands ministry and issue 100,000 title deeds to residents of Embakasi, Utawala and Dandora, among other estates. “The ministry of Lands went ahead to process title deeds without the due process of verification of leases being done. The county was further accused of frustrating the law firms processing the title deeds. SEE ALSO :Eastlands residents to wait longer for title deeds“Lawyers are experiencing frustration and delays in processing of documents from both the county Lands office and the ministry.

Source: Standard Digital May 26, 2019 17:48 UTC