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How safe are these title deeds?

President Uhuru Kenyatta flanked by Lands CS Charity Ngilu issues a title deed for Taveta Police Post. [PHOTO: FILE / STANDARD]

As the mad rush to issue title deeds in parts of the country continues, questions are being asked about the sanctity of the documents. Only recently, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced that 800,000 title deeds were ready for issuance.

In some quarters, that might be seen as a great achievement since only 5.6 million title deeds have been issued since independence.

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