Ministry of Lands — government entity managing land administration, digitisation, and registration in Kenya, currently addressing digitisation delays and land dispute cases.
Audio By VocalizeLawmakers have criticised the delayed digitisation of the Lands Management Information System, claiming that powerful individuals within the Ministry of Lands were frustrating the process to ensure corruption thrives. …
… According to the Ministry of Lands, the Kithimani Land Registry will serve about 235,000 land parcels, with all land records for the area now maintained locally. …
… Justice Oscar Amugo Angote ruled in April 2023 that the recommendations could not be implemented and barred the Ministry of Lands, the Director of Surveys and the county governments of Kericho and Bomet from acting on them. …
… He has also asked the court to prohibit the Ministry of Lands and the Land Registry from processing or registering any transfers of property arising from successful adverse possession claims while the matter remains before the court. …
… The anti-corruption watchdog said investigations were undertaken in collaboration with key government institutions, including the Ministry of Lands, the Ministry of Education, and Nairobi City County. …
… Subscribe to our newsletterThe investigations were conducted jointly with the Ministry of Lands, the Ministry of Education and Nairobi City County, whose records and technical evidence helped establish that the land had long been reserved for public use.The commission has also ca …
… Okolla and Kilalo, however, remained mum over the emotive land issue.In the county, records from the Ministry of Lands show that about 86 per cent of the total land area is occupied by private farms, while the local community is occupying a paltry less than 12 per cent. …
… Speaking during the 95th St John Ambulance Annual Parade and Inspection at State House, Nairobi, the president said the title deed for the Upper Hill land was ready for collection from the Ministry of Lands. …
Lawmakers sitting in the National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee have criticised the delayed digitisation of the Lands Management Information System, claiming that individuals within the Ministry of Lands have frustrated the process to ensure corruption thrives. The Lands Principal Secretary announced the government intends to spend Sh16 billion for full digitisation within five years, while an Auditor General report found only two of 83 state land registries fully digitised.
Lawmakers sitting in the National Assembly's Public Accounts Committee have criticised the delayed digitisation of the Lands Management Information System, claiming that individuals within the Ministry of Lands have frustrated the process to ensure corruption thrives. The Lands Principal Secretary announced the government intends to spend Sh16 billion for full digitisation within five years, while an Auditor General report found only two of 83 state land registries fully digitised.
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki officially opened the Kithimani Land Registry on Wednesday, bringing land administration services closer to residents and ending the need for travel to Machakos town. The event also saw 1,300 title deeds issued to local residents.
More than 200 Kipsigis clans have issued a 30-day notice to multinational tea companies in Kericho and Bomet counties demanding the return of land taken during British colonial administration, with the community insisting on ownership rather than financial compensation. If the notice is ignored, the clans say they will file a case at the Environment and Land Court.
The Ministry of Lands and the National Land Commission have established new guidelines requiring State agencies to conduct public consultation before changing the registered use of public land held by them.
A High Court petition filed by Abdulrasul Swaleh Mohsin seeks to halt the application of adverse possession, arguing that the legal principle allowing individuals to acquire land ownership through prolonged occupation contradicts the Constitution's guarantee of property rights. The petitioner requests the court suspend ongoing adverse possession proceedings and prohibit the Ministry of Lands and Land Registry from processing related property transfers while the constitutional issues are determined.
The Court of Appeal ruled that compensation paid to private landowners for land occupied by Ruaraka High School and Drive Inn Primary School was illegal, null, and void. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission will now pursue recovery of the Sh1.5 billion and criminal prosecution following the judgment that found the land had already been surrendered to the government.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has begun recovering Sh1.5 billion paid as compensation for land occupied by Ruaraka High School and Drive-In Primary School after Kenya's Court of Appeal upheld a ruling declaring the payment illegal and null and void, finding the National Land Commission had no legal basis to acquire land already owned by the government.
A dispute has erupted in Taita Taveta County between the Bayusuf family, a private investor seeking to develop 100 acres for industry, and squatters who claim ancestral rights and say they hold 1,450 allotment letters from the government. The squatters have blocked development, citing lack of public participation, environmental assessment, and unclear land boundaries.
President William Ruto told Kenyan youth to agitate for their rights through lawful means rather than violence, saying freedom and responsibility are inseparable and that character is shaped by daily choices.
President Ruto has announced a Ksh.600 million support package for St John Ambulance Kenya, including a one-acre parcel of land in Upper Hill, Ksh.500 million in construction funding, 15 new ambulances, and an annual budgetary allocation of Ksh.100 million beginning the next financial year.
President William Ruto announced government support for St John's Ambulance Kenya, including donation of one acre of land in Upper Hill for a new headquarters, Sh200 million for modernization, and a Sh300 million arrangement for Parliament to acquire the organisation's current Bunge Towers property. The government will deepen cooperation to strengthen emergency response systems and expand ambulance coverage.
Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome and Principal Secretary Nixon Korir will open the Nyandarua Lands Office in Ol Kalou next week, where title deeds will be issued to residents of specified areas. The new office aims to decentralise land administration services and reduce the time and cost for residents who previously travelled to neighbouring counties for land transactions.
About 1,022 of Homa Bay County's 1,401 public schools lack land title deeds, accounting for 73 per cent and leaving them vulnerable to land grabbing and boundary disputes. The county commissioner has urged head teachers to secure title deeds to prevent such conflicts.
President William Ruto has cautioned opposition leaders against dividing the country along tribal and ethnic lines, and said that political leaders' rhetoric of calling critics traitors may have pushed attackers who killed Racheal Wandeto on May 18. Police are investigating several angles in the case, though incitement to attack did not feature in their court application for custodial orders.
President Ruto issued over 33,000 title deeds to residents across six Coast counties and pledged an additional 200,000 to be processed within 90 days, as part of efforts to resolve long-standing land ownership disputes and squatter challenges.
John Kigomo Mwaura was arraigned in Milimani court and charged with 12 counts related to a scheme to defraud and unlawfully acquire a Westlands property valued at Ksh.150 million belonging to the daughters of a late industrialist; he pleaded not guilty.
John Kigomo Mwaura has been charged before a Nairobi court with defrauding two daughters of a deceased industrialist of their Westlands property valued at Sh150 million. He faces 12 counts of economic crimes including conspiracy to defraud, forgery, and obtaining land registration by false pretences, and was denied bail.
Owners of the disputed Paradise Lost land, a 200-acre property, claim decades-old ownership dating to 1929 and allege that unknown individuals perpetrated a fraudulent scheme involving fake title deeds beginning in 2024. They have filed a case scheduled for mention on April 30, accusing government officials and police of failing to assist despite complaints to the Ministry of Lands and the Chief Land Registrar.