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MOMBASA: More than 20,000 public primary schools are yet to secure title deeds, the National Lands Commission (NLC) has announced.
Speaking in Mombasa during the annual primary head teachers’ conference Monday, NLC Chairman Muhammad Swazuri said only 4,000 out of the 30,000 public schools have…
By Agencies, Citizen Digital
Published on 24 November 2015
It’s a hot, windy afternoon in Kiboya village. Dusty leaves swirl around William Ekidor, his wife Martha and their two sons as they sit under an acacia tree by the Kajunge dam, queuing with their animals for water.
Ekidor and his…
By: F.T. ODHIAMBO
Date: January 21st 2016
Source: Standard Digital
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…
By: Patrick Langat
Date: February 4th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
The National Land Commission and the Ministry of Education have directed schools to acquire title deeds.
Only 7,000 of the 32,000 schools countrywide have the documents, NLC chairman Mohammad Swazuri said.
Dr Swazuri…
By: Vivian Jebet
Date: February 16th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
Elders from Somali, Borana, Samburu and Turkana communities have dismissed attempts by a Parliamentary committee on Lands to resolve disputes in Isiolo.
The elders said they were disappointed by recent visit by the…
By: Maxwell Ngala
Date: February 18th 2016
Source: Hivisasa.com
More than 500 families at Lamkani area, in Bamburi, are crying out for justice over alleged grabbing of their ancestral land by influential private developers who have colluded with local administration and land officers.
The…
By: John Kamau
Date: February 21st 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
OPINION
Many Kenyans have never heard about the Z-Plots - yet if anyone wants to investigate the origins of land grabbing in Kenya, this is where they should start.
The Z-Plot scheme, as it was known in government…
By: Babatunde Akinsola
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Naija247 News
Lake Victoria farmers cite Bidco land-grabbing, environmental destruction and human rights violations in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania
The Bugala Farmers Association has called on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)…
By: George Obulutsa
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Reuters
Feb 23 A $144 million Kenyan wind power project backed by a joint venture between Macquarie Group and Old Mutual Investment Group has been cancelled due to opposition from local landowners and farmers, developer Kinangop Wind Park said…
By: Samuel Karanja and Jacqueline Kubania
Date: March 8th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
Even though the country has made significant gains in empowering women, female genital mutilation (FGM), rape and domestic violence remain some of the biggest threats that girls and women face daily…
By PETER NGILA and JOHN MUCHANGI
Date: March 14th 2016
Source: The Star
Are the land bills being discussed in Parliament going to stop forced resettlement, grabbing and other land-related injustices?
This is the question in the minds of many land rights activists. However, many squatters around…
By: Ouma Wanzala
Date: March 18th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / Daily Nation
The government is in the process of developing a national land use policy to regulate the planning and use of land for sustainable development, Land Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has said.
Prof Kaimenyi observed that…