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End of uneasy nights for locals after receiving land documents

Jamine Mugoye 81, moments after he got his title deed at Mable, Vihiga on July 9, 2022. [Brian Kisanji, Standard]

It has taken Tom Lodechi, 86, and his younger brother Jamine Mogoye, 81, over two decades to claim ownership of their late father’s land.

And on July 9th, they could not hold back tears as Education Cabinet Secretary Prof George Magoha handed them the title deed for the land in the presence of Vihiga county commissioner Susan Waweru at Mbale town.

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