World Bank: Poor land laws behind high cost of living

On corruption, Reuters quoted World Bank experts as saying most investors risk being given fake title deeds, or finding their plot has multiple titles, with swathes of land being traded informally because they have not been demarcated.PHOTO:COURTESY

The high cost of living in Kenyan cities is as a result of poor systems for buying and selling land, a World Bank report has said.

The report added that corruption and inefficiency in the Ministry of Lands could be holding back investors from land transactions.