Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries
Land Activist was shot seven times, court told
Daily Nation pg 38Thursday, 18 Oct 2012
Dr Titus Ngulungu a pathologist who observed Mr. Moses Mpoe’s body told the court that the man bled massively after he was shot severally in the head and chest. The land activist was killed at Soilo junction on Nakuru-Eldore
Full StoryKaya Elders want titles to sacred Land revoked
Daily Nation, pg 36Thursday, 18 Oct 2012
Kaya elders have called for the revocation of titles to 100 acres of forest land they say was irregularly allocated to investors now putting up holiday homes. The land which the kaya consider sacred, is also gazzeted as a heritage
Full StoryLand Fraud Case against MP adjourned.
Daily Nation, pg 36Thursday, 18 Oct 2012
A case in which an MP is charged with conspiracy to defraud a company of a beach plot could not proceed after the prosecution’s application for adjournment was granted. Msambweni MP Omar Zonga and six other are accused of jo
Full StoryJudge Withdraws from Moi Land case over Lawyer
Daily Nation pg 8Thursday, 18 Oct 2012
Mr Justice Alnasir Visram, who was hearing a Court of Appeal case filed by retired President Daniel Moi over a 100-acre piece of land, has withdrawn from the suit. Consequently a new bench will be constituted and the case heard in
Full StoryPolice burn houses of families in Mau Forest
Standard Pg 28Monday, 17 Sep 2012
More than 67 families were left homeless after their houses were burnt by police in the 146,800 hectare Maasai Mau Forest. Property worth millions of shillings was reduced to ashes on a settlement area inside the forest where the
Full StoryFurore as Councillors give themselves Land
Standard Pg 25Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012
Controversy is brewing in Isiolo following claims that councillors allocated themselves land in unclear circumstances. A councillor, Ismail Galma, who spoke to the Press alongside officials of Waso Trustland Project, said his coll
Full StoryIt’s time every Kenyan got to know the contents of new Land Registration Act
Daily Nation pg 14Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012
There are some new land laws. But those with title deeds and leases issued under the old ones needn’t panic. They’re recognized under the new law – the Land Registration Act 2012. Spousal rights over matrimonial
Full StorySonko Confronts AG over Disputed Land
Standard Pg 8Saturday, 13 Oct 2012
There was drama in Parliament buildings on Thursday after Makadara MP Gideon Mbuvi engaged Attorney General Githu Muigai in a near-physical confrontation. Sonko as popularly known claimed he rightfully owns the land but protested
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