Lands Ministry To Reign In Foreigners With Free-Hold Title Deeds
Cabinet Secretary for Lands Alice Wahome in pink top
By Kenya News Agency
Cabinet Secretary for Lands Alice Wahome has urged non-Kenyans with free hold title deeds to return them to the ministry, as they were obtained through a corrupt process.
The government is working to confiscate such titles, and foreigners who own land in Kenya are only allowed to have leasehold title deeds that last for 99 years.
Wahome stressed that the constitution only allows Kenyans to have free-hold title deeds, not foreign organisations or individuals.
She downplayed claims that the government is planning to convert free-hold titles to leaseholds, stating that it is practically impossible both legally and constitutionally.
She also warned cartels who have infiltrated land boards, saying residents have been losing their land due to interference by corrupt members of the boards.
Wahome asked members of the public to report corrupt board members to her officer so they could be replaced.
On the issue of land tax, the government is looking into levying land within cities and urban areas rather than land in rural areas.
The proposal was only targeting people with free-hold title deeds who only pay rates, while those with lease holds who are within cities usually pay rates and land rent for their land.
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