Title deeds: Chance for schools in Kenya to get it right

Langata Road Primary School, Nairobi, demonstrate in 2015 over the grabbing of their school’s land by a private developer. [PHOTO: ELVIS OGINA/STANDARD]

The Lands and Physical Planning Cabinet Secretary Prof Jacob Kaimenyi recently announced a waiver on survey and land registration fees to help schools get land title deeds with ease.

National Land Commission chairman Dr Muhammad Swazuri had earlier said that 41 per cent of schools countrywide were at risk of losing their land. Dr Swazuri explained that out of 24,000 public schools that President Uhuru Kenyatta had asked to apply for title deeds in January last year, only 10,047 had done so.