[Source: The Standard, by Moses Nyamori]
Lawmakers have accused Nairobi County’s administration of frustrating issuance of title deeds to land owners in the county.
A lawyer whose firm was contracted to assist in processing lease documents for the land owners told Parliament that the county has been sabotaging the process.
Musyoka Annan told the National Assembly’s Land Committee chaired by Rachael Nyamai (Kitui South) that Nairobi County has failed to facilitate the exercise by refusing to provide necessary documentations.
The firm was contracted in 1993.
He disclosed that the sabotage was systematic that at one time all survey documents mysteriously disappeared in the county land offices in Dandora and Ruaraka.
He said the loss of the essential documents has slowed down the process.
The committee was further told that the parcel in Eastlands had also not be surveyed as required to allow the firms proceed with processing of the lease documents.
The lease documents are required by the ministry of land to process title deeds.
The lawyer claimed that the director of surveys rejected the surveys that had been done by the county surveyors because they were not registered.
The firm further blamed change of regimes since 1993 for slowing down the process.
Nairobi County Lands Executive Charles Kerich and chief officer Stephen Mwangi were, who appeared before the committee, said there was no records that the county had contracted the law firm.
But they found themselves on the receiving end after the firm produced documents of their engagement.
The committee accused the two officers of being mischievous in handling the matter.
[Full article: The Standard, by Moses Nyamori]
