Lands Cabinet Secretary Jacob Kaimenyi has announced that the government has frozen the renewal of all land leases indefinitely following reports of malicious business people targeting land with leases belonging to Kenyans of Asian origin.
This comes a month after the national lands commission issued a warning on the high number of illegal leases and grants being used by land grabbers in the country.
Kaimenyi said the move aims to identify leases issued illegally and assured that action will be taken against those who approved them.
NLC chairman Muhammad Swazuri announced that any lease or certificate of lease issued after March 2013 not signed by the commission is not a legal document.
“This is to remind members of the public, banking institutions and all other entities that any such lease or certificate of lease issued after 1st or March 2013 and not signed and sealed by the commission is not a legal document and should not be used for any transaction,” Said Swazuri.