Superiority wars at Lands costly to country

Kenya: It took too long for the chief government legal advisor, Attorney General Githu Muigai, to come out and speak publicly about the stand-off between the chairman of the National Land Commission (NLC) and the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Lands.

Day to day operations at the ministry have suffered while the two institutions mandated to deal with matters of land and title deeds pull in different directions bickering over who is constitutionally empowered to issue title deeds, appoint key officials and renew land lease documents. The reluctance of Mrs Charity Ngilu to hand over some key functions to the NLC has not only occasioned bad blood, it has seriously affected operations.