Why buying, selling land is a risky affair

A truck carries construction materials in Kamulu. The area is a favourite for many seeking to buy land on the outskirts of Nairobi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

David knows the pain of losing land all too well. He can only talk of his late father having being a man of great wealth. The man had 200 acres to his name, but today his son holds the title to only one acre.

“My dad lost all his land mainly because of illiteracy and drinking, in his time buying and selling of land was done over a few drinks,” he says.