Governors protest law that gives firms land until 2109

Workers use a machine to pick tea in a plantation in Nandi Hills. [Kevin Tunoi, Standard]

Multinational companies holding hundreds of thousands of acres across the country will continue owning the land for another 90 years.

It has emerged that the countdown for 99-year leases began afresh in August 2010. With the promulgation of the new constitution, all 999-year leases of freehold titles held by foreigners were formally converted into the shorter leases.