73pc women lack titles for their own property

Land certificate. Among women who own a house (33 per cent), only nine per cent have a title deed - survey. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Seven in 10 Kenyan women who own property do not have a title deed, dashing hopes that constitutional reform and increased economic empowerment will grant women equal property rights as men.

This is despite the fact that one-third of Kenyan women now own a home, with five per cent owning it alone and 28 per cent owning it jointly with their spouse or partner.