73pc women lack titles for their own property

"However, 73 per cent do not have a title deed or any other government-recognised document."

According to experts, women's access to land and property with secure tenure is critical to economic empowerment because it serves as a source of income as well as collateral for credit.

Women and men who own and control land and other assets improve their societal access to economic resources and confer additional economic value, status, and bargaining power at the household level.

Experts say that for women in particular, asset ownership may provide protection in the event of marital dissolution or abandonment, influence their position in their homes, and reduce their vulnerability to various forms of violence or discrimination.

According to KNBS data, one-fifth of Kenyan women own agricultural land.

Only three per cent of these women own land on their own, while 20 per cent own land jointly with their spouse or partner.

However, only seven per cent of women own nonagricultural land.

The World Bank earlier estimated that women run more than three-quarters of Kenya's farms. But culture often takes precedence over the law, with men owning and controlling most of the land.

One of 17 ambitious global development goals adopted in 2015 aims to give women equal rights to economic resources, including access to land ownership and control.