Shock ruling for land owners who obtained title deeds after 2013

Internally displaced persons from Molo and Kuresoi celebrate after receiving title deeds from Lands Principal Secretary Mariamu El Maawy at Turu in Molo constituency on May 9, 2016. A court has ruled that titles issued after 2013 were irregularly processed. [PHOTO: file/Standard]

The High Court has declared that over three million land title deeds issued by the Jubilee administration since 2013 were irregularly processed and therefore illegal.

High Court judge Joseph Onguto found that the Ministry of Lands proceeded to prepare lease documents in violation of the law governing land matters by ignoring the input of the National Land Commission (NLC).