How to avoid falling prey to riparian land sellersThe Shell Petrol station and a Java Restaurant in the upmarket Kileleshwa estate in Nairobi became ground zero when the government begun a crackdown on buildings encroaching on riparian reserves. So, going forward, whether you are buying land to build on it or as an investment for the future, taking deliberate steps to ensure that you don’t burn your fingers by buying riparian land will be paramount. To give insight on how to avoid buying riparian land, DN2 spoke to Mr Reuben Kimani, the CEO, Username Investment Ltd, a Westlands-based land selling company, and Mr Stephen Ambani, licensed land surveyor and former Institute of Survey of Kenya chairman. “As he does this, the surveyor will establish whether there is any riparian land attached to the land and advice accordingly,” Mr Ambani says. He adds that some basic knowledge on what constitutes riparian land will enable you to ask critical questions when buying land.

Source: Daily Nation December 20, 2018 06:56 UTC