- The EACC boss Twalib Mbarak raised red flag over fake title deeds.
- The Land Act, he believes, should be tweaked to protect genuine landowners from cartels.
The sanctity of the title deed is under immense threat in Kenya because enjoying your parcel peacefully without the threat of eviction is a growing prospect daily.
Double allocation, courtesy of rapacious bureaucrats, criminals forging land papers to evict the poor and to disinherit hapless genuine owners has become disturbingly frequent.
The EACC boss Twalib Mbarak raised a red flag over fake title deeds.
The Land Act, he believes, should be tweaked to protect genuine landowners from cartels.
The review should seal loopholes exploited by criminals.
There is an urgent need to review the current land act to safeguard public land through automation of all land registries.
The police and the EACC must find an expedient way to prosecute suspects.
Courts on its part must fast-track land cases and impose harsh and deterrent sentences to send a strong and unequivocal statement.
The Ministry of Lands, where criminals passing off as civil servants have made life hell for victims of the title deeds syndicate, must clean house and boot out the bad elements.
Conduct long-term lifestyle audits during and even after the staff have retired or resigned.
They cannot be allowed to enjoy their loot while their victims suffer with depression and thoughts of suicide.
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