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Why new land law is a recipe for chaos, doom

Land elicits so much emotion in Kenya. Most of the vicious and deadly violence we have witnessed have been about land ownership.

Earlier this year, Parliament amended the law that guides compensation of land acquired compulsorily by government. Curiously, the amendments passed without much qualms from the public, the civil society or even the MPs whose main task is to protect public interest.

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