Land owners in 15 settlement schemes in Nairobi have a reason to smile after the government announced plans to issue over 18,653 title deeds from next month. Speaking at a joint press briefing with Nairobi Metropolitan Service Director General Mohamed Badi, Lands Cabinet Secretary Farida Karoney said the government was keen to ensure that all genuine land owners in Nairobi have their title deeds after decades-long wait. In this new phase, we will work with NMS to issue 18,653 title deeds to land owners in different settlements in Nairobi,” she said. Karoney further announced that the government had waived all land rates and land rent in a bid to ease the burden on land owners and ensure seamless and faster processing of title deeds. On his part, DG Badi said that the County Government of Nairobi will work with the Ministry of Lands t ensure the success of the Nairobi Titling Programme.

Source: The Star September 18, 2020 19:31 UTC