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Why selling land to the Kenyan Government is such a pain

Francis Rapaire is an angry man. A few years ago, he agreed to hive off 30 acres from of his 211 acres in Kitengela as an easement for the Kenya Electricity Transmission Company’s (Ketraco) power line.

Ketraco was supposed to compensate him for the easement at an agreed percentage of the value of the parcel of land where the lines were to be erected. There were to be no alterations to the entire acreage.

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