President William Ruto has announced plans to issue over 200,000 title deeds to over one million families in the coast region over three months.

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Ruto made this announcement on May 21 while speaking during his five-day development tour of the coastal region, which has long been beset by perennial land issues.

In this regard, he instructed the Ministry of Lands to commence the process of subdividing the lands so as to smooth the title deed issuance process.

“Today I am instructing the Ministry of Lands, go now and seize all that land, everyone's land should be measured within 90 days,” ordered President Ruto.

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“After 90 days, I will return here to issue title deeds to 200,000 of the one million people,” added President Ruto.

On the very same day, he issued over 35,000 title deeds to the people of Mombasa County, kickstarting the whole issuance process.

The process will commence in the counties of Tana River, Kwale, Kilifi, Malindi, and Taita Taveta after the sub-division process is completed by the Ministry of Lands, and promising that moving forward, the problem of landlessness will be a thing of the past under his administration.

“These one million people will now have a place to call home. They will stop being squatters, they will stop being strangers, and they will have a home and land for their children and for future generations,” stressed President Ruto.

The problem of landlessness on the Coast is perennial, dating back to independence in 1963, when the then government failed to implement a comprehensive policy to resettle coastal squatters.

The issue was further complicated by corrupt land allocations, fraudulent titles, and the booming tourism industry, driving up land values and extending privatisation.

📰 Source: Kenyans.co.ke