Why title deed is not proof of land ownership

The portrait photo of  Former State house Comptroller Abraham Kiptanui during the burial ceremony at his Kipkabus Home in Uasin Gishu. [File, Standard]

Merely holding a title deed does not prove land ownership unless the process by which it was acquired is shown to be lawful; the Environment and Land Court in Eldoret has ruled. 

Justice Charles Yano declared that a title deed or lease is only the end product of a process and can only enjoy legal protection if obtained in compliance with the law.