Other tricks used by land grabbers include hiving off a portion of land whose total acreage is unclear. These institutions get public land under the guise of putting up a worship centre only to turn around and claim ownership of the land. Land owners’ absence and failure to develop their land is another motivation for land grabbers to take advantage of other people’s property. Taveta MP Naomi Shaban and former nominated MP Amina Abdalla have also been victims of land grabbers’ tricks. In other instances, land grabbers pose as agents of the real land owners who get surprised when they find out their land has been sold without their knowledge.

Source: Standard Digital April 23, 2017 20:26 UTC