National government needs to reign in on land tenure debate

After the Nandi County debacle on land repossession, it is now Kiambu County’s turn—and the fire is spreading.

While in Nandi and the neighbouring counties the debate is for not renewing land leases for thousands of acres of land that currently house the vast tea zones, in Kiambu, Delmonte has already given up a section of the land it was sitting on to the county government in return for a deal on lease renewal for a portion of the other land it operates on.