Housing company to finalise land titles following complaints

Erdemann Property Limited Sales and Marketing Manager Michael Olanya (centre) addresses the press.

Erdemann Property Limited, one of the leading housing property Company has urged its clients to be patient as it finalises the registration of land title deeds.

Through its Sales and Marketing Manager Michael Olanya, Erdemann while responding to complaints of delay of registration of title deeds said there has been problems at the Ministry of Lands with the digital registration.

Speaking to journalists at the Finance House in Nairobi, Olanya told the homeowners that the management is concerned with the challenges surrounding the lease agreement agreements of Great-Wall gardens estates in Arthi River and they are working on it.

 “Already fifty land title deeds have been registered and the rests will be complete in about three months,” said Olanya.

According to him, there have been problems with the digital registration at the ministry of land that caused the delay and cancellation of title deeds.

He added that the titles that had already been registered had to undergo through the new process to meet the new digital technology requirements.

“We have gone through the processes that are required and soon we shall complete,” Olanya added.

The company’s properties manager Victor Odera urged the homeowners to be patient because they are working hard to solve the lease agreement challenges.

The company is spearheading President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Big four agenda which includes providing Kenyans with affordable housing.

The President promised to make each Kenyan a homeowner.

He intends to have over 500,000 Kenyans owning their own homes by the end of his term.

According to Uhuru, this will be done by reducing the cost of mortgages, raising low-cost funds in both private and public for investment in large scale house construction and cutting the cost of construction by use of innovative ways and materials.

He further promised to continue issuing more title deeds adding that this plan will ensure that more people are employed.

It is targeting to build 7,000 units by the year 2021.