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Category : Land
Community Narrates to TJRC Land Ordeals Saturday Standard, Pg 9
Saturday, 24 Sep 2011

The Kalenjin Lembus sub-tribe narrated to the TJRC what it termed life long frustration by authorities to deny them ancestral land. They told TJRC sittings in Nakuru that despite them having title deeds, they have been blocked from accessing the land within Mogotio District. The group named a Cab

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Malindi Council Demands Sh178m Arrears from ADC Weekend Star, Pg 6
Saturday, 24 Sep 2011

The Malindi County Council is demanding sh178 million land rates arrears from the ADC Galana Ranch. Council chairman Anderson Ngombo said ADC had failed to pay the rates for five years and want ADC to pay the rates to reduce debt. This was revealed during a meeting between ADC boss William Kirwa,

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Orengo Puts Absentee Land Lords on Notice Sunday Express, Pg 3
Sunday, 25 Sep 2011

Lands minister James Orengo has said the government will cancel all title deeds of idle land in parts of the country with scarcity of land. He said many huge parcels of land owned by foreign land lords, especially at the coast has denied landless individuals an opportunity to own and utilize land

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Red Flag Raised over Dubious Land Allocation Daily Nation, Pg 35
Friday, 23 Sep 2011

The Lands and Natural Resources Committee has raised the red flag over dubious land allocation at a proposed settlement scheme in Lamu County. The committee accused land officers in the area of allocating plots to some councillors and government officials in the proposed Ras Kitau Settlement Sche

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Shareholders Sell Farm at Sh360M The Standard, Pg 27
Friday, 23 Sep 2011

A leadership row that rocked the multi-million Muhotetu farmers in Laikipia has been solved. Officials of the company have now called for an annual general meeting to hold elections after years of wrangling. The decision was reached after over 700 shareholders agreed to sell their 2, 439 acres of

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Lawyer Shot Dead during Scuffle The Standard, Pg 12
Friday, 23 Sep 2011

Lawyer Anthony Nhashon Ngunjiri was shot dead while he tried to serve a court order during a confrontation over a controversial piece of land. Ngunjiri was serving a court order issued by Judge Msagha Mbogoli stopping any activity on the piece of land in Kasarani, Nairobi but workers on the site

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Leisure Lodge Files Court Bid to Reclaim Sh700M Diani Plot Business Daily, Pg 8
Thursday, 22 Sep 2011

Leisure Lodge owners are fighting a legal battle to reclaim its prime land which it claims was irregularly allocated to 760 people in corrupt deals engineered by senior government officials and politicians. They claim their 175 acres of land in Diani Kwale was sold and resold and they have sued v

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Disputed Subukia Land Deal Exposes Orengo and Murugi again The People, Pg 9
Thursday, 22 Sep 2011

Eric Wamanji posits that the controversy over land bought for IDPs in Subukia is scathing on the inability to adequately deal with the twin issues of land and IDPs resettlement. It shows how corruption has been entrenched in government and the sickly government structure that is unreliable.

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