Land inheritance is of little interest to the youth

Recent media reports indicate that a lot of property lies unclaimed since those entitled do not even know of its existence, writes Jeckonia Otieno

Edwin Ochieng’, 26, graduated from university two years ago and lives in Eastlands, Nairobi. He knows his grandfather left a sizeable parcel of land in Siaya when he died. His grandfather had three sons, but Emmanuel’s dad also passed on when his second-born son was only eight. This left Emmanuel and his elder brother at the mercy of their uncles on matters of land sub-division and inheritance because their father had left no Will.