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Files have scanty records, which means genuine land owners are at risk of losing their property to fraudsters

Lands Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi address the press on July 18,2017

NAIROBI, KENYA: Thousands of land and property owners could lose their prized investments as an official audit has exposed irregularities in 180,000 land leases.

A Government-appointed team has recommended that 10,698 leases running into thousands of hectares spread across 24 counties renewed between 2010 and 2012 be revoked.

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