Land is without doubt one of the most emotive issue within the Kenyan society today. This has unfortunately threatened to overshadow its greatest role; the most important factor of production. According to the National Lands Commission, despite 80% of our population relying on agriculture, only 20% of the land mass comprises arable land [land capable […]
The Ministry of Lands has confirmed that land rates payments will no longer be available on e-citizen and has been transferred to the recently unveiled new platform National Land Information Management System (NLIMS), ardhisasa. Land CS Farida Karoney however assures that the transactions, a number of which had not been completed by April 27, 2021 […]
Everyone in need of any land transactions at the Nairobi Land Registry is now required to access the services online as the Ministry of Lands is now fully digital in Nairobi. The ministry has now shifted operations onto the new Lands Information Management System (LIMS), a process started in 2018 with an intention to ease […]
It is a huge sigh of relief for landlords whose properties were earmarked for demolition by the National Construction Authority (NCA) after the National Assembly withdrew a bill that granted the agency power to bring down the structures across the counties. The members of parliament now want some sections of the Business Laws (Amendment) Bill, […]
Types of Land Ownership There are two types of estate ownership of land in Kenya; freehold and leasehold. Freehold This is absolute ownership of land as besides municipal rates, no other taxes are levied. The municipal rates are determined by the unimproved site value of the land. Leasehold In most cases, the land is owned […]
The sensitivity of Land as a subject in Kenya……. Crimes revolving around Land acquisition in Kenya have been some of the most complex assignments by the judicial system since independence having started almost immediately after the colonial government. This is the same time that land injustices started being experienced in various parts of the country […]
The government has rolled out a plan to construct a total of 1,500 housing units in Pangani and another 1,600 to be built in Jevanjee. Six leading local banks, Absa, Equity, KCB, NCBA, Housing Finance, and Stanbic, have also confirmed their commitment to giving Sh335 billion for homeownership mortgages, all this under the Affordable Housing […]
Landlords will only waive rents for Tenants who provide documents proving that they cannot earn income during the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the Urban Tenants Association of Kenya, some tenants, especially those living in residential areas have been hiding behind the Covid-19 crisis and are deliberately refusing to pay their rents and yet they can […]
