A NASA affiliated MP in Nyamira County has raised alarm over the increased number of land brokers in the region.
Borabu MP Ben Momanyi claimed that land brokers and cartels have been buying lands carelessly in Nyamira without following legal procedures.
He said land selling should be declared illegal in Nyamira so that people can respect parcels of land they inherited from their fathers.
“The rate at which the people of Nyamira are selling their land is high and should be stopped. Cartels have taken advantage to grab lands as brokers are buying lands at cheap prices due to the high levels of poverty among Nyamira residents," he said.
The lawmaker urged the ministry of land to move with speed and issue land titles to Nyamira locals to keep off land grabbers.
He challenged residents to apply for the land documents so that grabbers can find it hard to take the lands from them.