Jill Cottrell, Yash Ghai and Waikwa Wanyoike writes that the constitution amendment Bill is insufficient. If the constitution is to be amended it is important to consider the 80 new seats and not create additional seats. The participative process that is enshrined in the constitution has not be c

Retired AG Amos Wako has assured residents of Busia County that the 840 acres belonging to the defunct Busia Sugar Comapny would not be sold to private investors. He told the residents that any investor interested in putting up a sugar factory on the land would only do so through leasehold agreem

Aftraco Limited has taken Telkom Kenya to court for allegedly trying to cancel a Sh1.5 billion land transaction. The company when to court seeking to stop Telkom from cancelling the transaction saying that Telkom cannot withdraw from its obligations and sell the land to a third party. The 79-acre

Unresolved land tenure issues and lack of mining rights among others remain major thorny issues standing in the way of development. Local leaders want the issues resolved before the next general elections to avoid conflicts in the area.

Foreigners owning huge tracts of land, whose lease is about to expire are likely to lose their assets as the government starts enforcing the law on land ownership. The move will affect multinationals and individuals with tea, sisal and coffee . Lands minister James Orengo said they are working on

Pravin Bowry asserts that the trend in which individuals and groups are taking the law into their hands and unilaterally allocating and alienating registered parcels of lands to third parties is alarming. Landowners in Athi River area are witnessing these scenarios yet the constitution guarantees

Lands minister James Orengo has revealed that huge chunks of land belonging to the military have either been provately acquired or encroached. He told the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Foreign Relations that arge portions of land owned by the army in Embakasi, Kren, Eldoret and Archers p

Lands minister James Orengo said the computerisation of Kisumu Lands office is near complete. He said the project is also targetting land registries in Mombasa, Eldoret, Nakuru, Narok and Thika and will help minimise corruption in the offices.