Why titles given to Waitiki land beneficiaries may be irregular

The validity of the title deeds issued to the beneficiaries of Waitiki land in Mombasa County recently is suspect as the procedure used is not supported by any existing land law. Maybe this is because the process was actually the formalisation of an illegality to benefit those who had invaded the land.

The initial invaders claimed it was their ancestral land. They went on to demarcate the land and sold plots to unsuspecting buyers who later transformed from purchasers to squatters to benefit from the settlement programme for the landless and internally displaced persons.