Lands Cabinet Secretary, Jacob Kaimenyi. [Photo/nation.co.ke]
The Ministry of Lands has thirty days to comply with an order by the High Court to regularise over 3 million title deeds.Judge Joseph Onguto found that the ministry had made a mistake by failing to involve the National Land Commission in the issuance of the land documents.''Considering the immediate consequences, the declaration of invalidity is suspended to enable the cabinet secretary to initiate meaningful engagement with the public and seek to take into account the advice of the NLC.'' Judge Onguto ruled, according to the Daily Nation.
The first term of Uhuru Kenyatta has seen endless tussles between the National Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands.