NLC: Titles issued for Kilifi land are valid

Land owners within the 10-mile strip along the Kenyan Coast in Kilifi can now breathe easy after authorities recognised pre-independence ownership documents. 

Businessman Mbarak Salim Said (left) tries to gather some of the poles he had used to erect a fence for his plot at Kiembeni which was destroyed by thugs. National land commissions says land title deed since 1908 are recognised. PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

The County Lands Management Service Board (CLMSB) and National Lands Commission (NLC) announced that the title deeds issued under the Ordinance Act of 1908 are legal and binding.